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The Calgary Foundation

The Calgary Foundation carried out its charitable purpose through the ongoing administration of its granting programs.

C$75M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1,192
Grants FY2024still arriving
14
Regions reached
C$5.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 1192 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k639 grants · C$1.9M
  • C$10k–50k275 grants · C$5.8M
  • C$50k–250k205 grants · C$21M
  • C$250k+73 grants · C$47M
C$7,500
Median grant
14
Regions reached
C$1.2B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Governors Of The University of CalgaryC$5,403,135
Calgary Silver Linings FoundationC$2,127,000
Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsC$1,933,464
Trellis Society for Community ImpactC$1,674,168
Cochrane and District Community FoundationC$1,636,369
The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary An AlbertaC$1,376,759
Alberta Children's Hospital FoundationC$1,199,411
The Safe Haven Foundation of CanadaC$1,198,976
Action Dignity SocietyC$1,089,473
Foothills Country Hospice SocietyC$1,053,810
Young Women's Christian Association of BanffC$1,004,365
Confederation Centre of the Arts Foundation Inc.C$1,000,000
The Governing Council Of The Salvation Army In CanadaC$964,911
Women's Centre of CalgaryC$951,478
Esther Honens International Piano Competition FoundationC$866,579
02The need
02

Where the grant dollars land

At home and around the world.

Which regions its grants reach

Alberta
C$391M
Ontario
C$27M
British Columbia
C$14M
Prince Edward Island
C$1.5M
Manitoba
C$1.3M
Quebec
C$1.1M
Saskatchewan
C$854k
New Brunswick
C$715k
Nova Scotia
C$363k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$194k
Northwest Territories
C$3k
Yukon
C$500
How this is measured
Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
C$427M · 1391 repeat orgsC$17M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

1391 repeat relationships: 970 still active in FY2024, 421 since wound down; 118 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

1391
491

Total granted

C$427M
C$13M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+14%

Still filing today

93%
83%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$3.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new.

Backed again, and grew

  • TG
    The Governors Of The University of Calgary
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$36M · revenue +27%
  • AC
    ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$33M · revenue +65%
  • CH
    CALGARY HEALTH TURST
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$8.4M · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    one grant, 2017 · C$1.4M
  • MF
    Mikai'sto Foundation
    one grant, 2022 · C$1.1M · revenue -80% · 51% of their budget
  • NC
    NE Centre of Community Society
    one grant, 2023 · C$600k · revenue +8%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent CRA filings.

04Its field
03the grantee network

1875 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2024, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1875 of the 2,000 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own CRA returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

201
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
469
Early backer (in before they grew)
1811/1875
Grantees still filing
1259/1875
Grew since first funded

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Governors Of The University of Calgary: C$35,721,083 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: C$33,345,801 over 8y, 18% of budgetCALGARY HEALTH TURST: C$8,447,910 over 8y, 9.2% of budgetThe Children's Cottage Society Of Calgary An Alberta Society: C$6,140,790 over 8y, 48% of budgetThe Governing Council Of The Salvation Army In Canada: C$5,529,085 over 8y, 54% of budgetEsther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation: C$5,458,958 over 8y, 46% of budgetCALGARY YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION: C$5,160,332 over 8y, 10% of budgetTrellis Society for Community Impact: C$5,002,743 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetALEXANDRA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE: C$3,924,703 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetThe Bethany Care Foundation: C$3,845,098 over 8y, 80% of budgetThe Mustard Seed Society: C$3,640,437 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetThe Wood's Homes Foundation: C$3,516,414 over 8y, 41% of budgetCALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: C$3,511,866 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetCalgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: C$3,479,534 over 8y, 18% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CALGARY AND AREA: C$3,391,406 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCanadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine: C$3,280,454 over 8y, 74% of budgetDecidedly Jazz Society: C$3,129,482 over 8y, 28% of budgetCalgary Public Library Foundation: C$3,077,238 over 8y, 18% of budgetCUPS Calgary Society: C$3,075,395 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetAction Dignity Society: C$2,928,007 over 8y, 43% of budgetArts Commons: C$2,869,984 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetMount Royal University Foundation: C$2,862,066 over 8y, 9.3% of budgetShock Trauma Air Rescue Services Foundation: C$2,853,606 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCalgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association: C$2,791,617 over 8y, 12% of budgetCanadian Cancer Society - Alberta/N.W.T. Division: C$2,716,226 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetInn from the Cold Society: C$2,702,506 over 8y, 6.8% of budgetThe Canadian Red Cross Society: C$2,601,231 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCalgary Opera Association: C$2,584,736 over 7y, 14% of budgetTHE SULLIVAN UROLOGY FOUNDATION: C$2,568,500 over 8y, 38% of budgetHeart and Stroke Foundation of Canada: C$2,559,320 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetThe Safe Haven Foundation of Canada: C$2,488,839 over 8y, 57% of budgetCALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETY: C$2,481,352 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCalgary Silver Linings Foundation: C$2,328,933 over 7y, 69% of budgetCalgary Young Men's Christian Association: C$2,255,057 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetEducationMatters: C$2,211,307 over 8y, 11% of budgetArthritis Society: C$2,203,382 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetHULL SERVICES: C$2,198,667 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetJesus Loves You Society of Calgary: C$2,112,318 over 8y, 89% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY SOUTHERN ALBERTA SOCIETY: C$2,067,228 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetHeritage Park Society: C$2,054,214 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetEleanor Luxton Historical Foundation: C$1,967,966 over 8y, 76% of budgetAlberta Cancer Foundation: C$1,954,411 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetAboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary: C$1,944,762 over 8y, 14% of budgetCALGARY DROP-IN & REHAB CENTRE SOCIETY: C$1,893,929 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetMomentum Community Economic Development Society: C$1,838,838 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetCochrane and District Community Foundation: C$1,819,457 over 3y, 100% of budgetSouthern Alberta Land Trust Society: C$1,807,573 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetKERBY ASSEMBLY: C$1,793,709 over 8y, 7.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds The Governors Of The University of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY HEALTH TURST ↗
  • Who funds The Children's Cottage Society Of Calgary An Alberta Society ↗
  • Who funds The Governing Council Of The Salvation Army In Canada ↗
  • Who funds Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Trellis Society for Community Impact ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds The Bethany Care Foundation ↗
  • Who funds The Mustard Seed Society ↗
  • Who funds The Wood's Homes Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Humane Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF CALGARY AND AREA ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine ↗
  • Who funds Decidedly Jazz Society ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Public Library Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CUPS Calgary Society ↗
  • Who funds Action Dignity Society ↗
  • Who funds Arts Commons ↗
  • Who funds Mount Royal University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Shock Trauma Air Rescue Services Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter Association ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Cancer Society - Alberta/N.W.T. Division ↗
  • Who funds Inn from the Cold Society ↗
  • Who funds The Canadian Red Cross Society ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Opera Association ↗
  • Who funds THE SULLIVAN UROLOGY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada ↗
  • Who funds The Safe Haven Foundation of Canada ↗
  • Who funds CALGARY INTER - FAITH FOOD BANK SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Silver Linings Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Young Men's Christian Association ↗
  • Who funds EducationMatters ↗
  • Who funds Arthritis Society ↗
  • Who funds HULL SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Jesus Loves You Society of Calgary ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SOUTHERN ALBERTA SOCIETY ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Calgary Flames Founda…Calgary Shaw Charity …Calgary Inter-Faith F…Harry and Martha Cohe…The Burns Memorial Fu…Rozsa FoundationKids Up Front Foundat…Hunter Family Foundat…Rotary Club of Calgar…Viewpoint FoundationThe Rotary Club of Ca…The Calgary Roman Cat…
Calgary Flames FoundationAB32.3× affinity171 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Calgary Flames Foundation · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society · Harry and Martha Cohen Foundation · The Burns Memorial Fund for Children · Rozsa Foundation · Kids Up Front Foundation (Calgary) · Hunter Family Foundation · Rotary Club of Calgary at Stampede Park - Community Service Fund · Viewpoint Foundation · The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund · The Calgary Roman Catholic Separate School Division

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data, the funder’s own annual information return, and from the multi-year returns of the 2000 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010, read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without a BN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-03-31, as published by the Canada Revenue Agency in 2024. Amounts are Canadian dollars, as filed and never converted. Registered as a public foundation under foundations.

Source object 108074436:2024-03-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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