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Edmonton, AB · Public foundation

The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act

Edmonton community foundation (ecf) exists to help the people of the edmonton area by encouraging philanthropy and funding charitable activities.

C$34M
Granted FY2024still arriving
845
Grants FY2024still arriving
12
Regions reached
C$1.9M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 845 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k455 grants · C$1.3M
  • C$10k–50k231 grants · C$4.9M
  • C$50k–250k136 grants · C$13M
  • C$250k+23 grants · C$15M
C$7,217
Median grant
12
Regions reached
C$867M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOWSTRINGS HERITAGE FOUNDATIONC$1,940,000
EDMONTON OPERA ASSOCIATIONC$1,705,011
CITADEL THEATREC$1,029,278
UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTAC$970,770
ALBERTA ECOTRUST FOUNDATIONC$950,000
UNITED WAY OF THE ALBERTA CAPITAL REGIONC$862,543
E4C (EDMONTON CITY CENTRE CHURCH CORPORATION)C$721,725
ART GALLERY OF ALBERTAC$713,596
EDMONTON AND AREA LAND TRUSTC$582,142
IHUMAN YOUTH SOCIETYC$492,413
JEWISH FEDERATION OF EDMONTONC$477,379
EDMONTON ARTS COUNCIL SOCIETYC$476,445
BANFF CANMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONC$475,118
EDMONTON SYMPHONY SOCIETYC$436,076
COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AFRICAN CANADIANS IN ALBERTAC$407,216
02The need
02

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Where your grant dollars land — at home and around the world.

Which regions your grants reach

Alberta
C$212M
British Columbia
C$11M
Ontario
C$6.9M
Quebec
C$939k
Manitoba
C$309k
Saskatchewan
C$246k
Nunavut
C$88k
Nova Scotia
C$76k
New Brunswick
C$31k
Northwest Territories
C$22k
Prince Edward Island
C$17k

Grants placed by each grantee’s location, read from the T3010 filings.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$224M · 984 repeat orgsC$6.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +27% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

984 repeat relationships — 741 still active in FY2024, 243 since wound down; 99 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

984
320

Total granted

C$224M
C$5.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+20%

Still filing today

95%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.”

Backed again, and grew

  • UW
    United Way of the Alberta Capital Region
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$11M · revenue +25%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$8.1M · revenue ×1,050 · 60% of their budget
  • BH
    Bowstrings Heritage Foundation
    5× · 2020–2024 · C$8.0M · revenue ×30,108 · 60% of their budget

Funded once

  • UH
    University Hospital Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · C$1.7M
  • FW
    Fusesocial Wood Buffalo Society
    one grant, 2017 · C$344k · revenue -25%
  • HF
    Hub Family Resource Centre
    one grant, 2017 · C$141k · revenue -45%

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

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Alberta Foundation for Health Research

Alberta foundation for health research supports health research projects that are provinvial in scope which impact and originate but are beyond the scope of alberta innovates - health solutions

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2
Friends of the University of Alberta

Fund Student Scholarships and Awards Sponsor public lectures featuring University Speakers Financially support university programs to engage the broader community

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3
Calgary Eye Foundation

Foundation supports calgary's ophthalmology program through enhanced education research and program development.

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4
Alberta Public Health Association

Provide public health information to members of the public provide public health professional and student engagement opportunities in public health and promote health protection initiatives

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5
Calgary Arts Academy Foundation

In support of the calgary arts academy society to advance arts immersion in education so support capital endeavors for the society.

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6
Alberta Spine Foundation

The objective of the asf is to advance the delivery of spine care in alberta through innovative clinical care focused education and academic collaboration.

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7
Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society

Education courses regarding alternative dispute mechanisms namely arbitration and mediation. financial support for projects related to research and edcuation in the dispute resolution field in canada provide educational and informative…

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8
Stem Innovation Academy Society

Stem innovation academy society delivers education programs under the authority of the alberta education act 2012 chapter e.0.3.

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9
The Further Education Society of Alberta

Fesa's core program areas: 1) free education program delivery in calgary 2) training and skill building for community workers 3) partnership building and community development 4) research and curriculum development

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10
Water Matters Society of Alberta

Scholarly research and dissemination of information regarding water conservation and water policy.

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11
Autism Society Alberta

Education and peer support - assisting families that are experiencing autism in their family unit. Matching more experienced members to mentor new members. Improving understanding of autism throughout the province of Alberta. Provide…

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12
Alberta Golf Association Foundation

Provides scholarships to albertans for post-secondary education and that may also fund research projects relating to golf and golf facilities.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Northwestern Alberta Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Nunavut Sivuniksavut. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

03the grantee network

1350 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2024.

Each one resolved to its own CRA returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2024, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 1350 of the 1,403 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

131
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
365
Early backer (in before they grew)
1303/1350
Grantees still filing
889/1350
Grew since you first funded

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%C$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUnited Way of the Alberta Capital Region — C$11,290,574 over 8y, 6.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA — C$8,140,256 over 8y, 60% of budgetBowstrings Heritage Foundation — C$8,040,000 over 5y, 60% of budgetEDMONTON OPERA ASSOCIATION — C$6,188,743 over 8y, 48% of budgetCITADEL THEATRE — C$6,030,926 over 8y, 10% of budgetAlberta Ecotrust Foundation — C$5,801,400 over 8y, 56% of budgetE4C (EDMONTON CITY CENTRE CHURCH CORPORATION) — C$4,123,610 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetIHUMAN YOUTH SOCIETY — C$4,114,844 over 8y, 42% of budgetEdmonton and Area Land Trust — C$3,486,956 over 8y, 78% of budgetEdmonton Symphony Society — C$3,348,001 over 8y, 5.5% of budgetEdmonton Arts Council Society — C$3,246,295 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetART GALLERY OF ALBERTA — C$2,955,966 over 8y, 10.0% of budgetBissell Centre — C$2,731,430 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetYouth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton — C$2,463,174 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EDMONTON — C$2,430,643 over 8y, 5.1% of budgetBoyle Street Services Society — C$2,308,000 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetBRENTWOOD COLLEGE ASSOCATION — C$2,200,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTerra Centre for Teen Parents — C$2,170,579 over 8y, 12% of budgetAlberta Cancer Foundation — C$2,072,206 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetJEWISH FEDERATION OF EDMONTON — C$2,060,412 over 8y, 63% of budgetYWCA EDMONTON — C$2,018,105 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetRight at Home Housing Society — C$1,948,399 over 8y, 11% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AFRICAN CANADIANS IN ALBERTA — C$1,881,566 over 8y, 15% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Edmonton Society — C$1,851,533 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetMulticultural Family Resource Society — C$1,831,326 over 8y, 33% of budgetPilgrims Hospice Society — C$1,818,585 over 8y, 24% of budgetWood Buffalo Community Foundation — C$1,731,965 over 7y, 54% of budgetBoyle McCauley Health Centre — C$1,573,276 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetLester B. Pearson College of the Pacific — C$1,490,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetEdmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Society — C$1,368,995 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetGrant MacEwan University Foundation — C$1,349,385 over 8y, 13% of budgetEdmonton Gleaners Association — C$1,301,353 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBent Arrow Traditional Healing Society — C$1,286,689 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetMental Health Foundation — C$1,255,051 over 8y, 19% of budgetNORWOOD CHILD & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE — C$1,223,588 over 8y, 6.0% of budgetCalgary Foundation — C$1,045,533 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetEdmonton Folk Music Festival Society — C$1,033,696 over 8y, 9.5% of budgetSalvation Army Alberta & NWT Division — C$1,025,158 over 8y, 94% of budgetNature Conservancy of Canada — C$1,009,652 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetST. ALBERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$997,084 over 8y, 53% of budgetEdmonton Humane Society (SPCA) — C$991,189 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetHope Mission — C$968,900 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetBANFF CANMORE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — C$960,118 over 8y, 38% of budgetKIDS KOTTAGE FOUNDATION — C$894,561 over 8y, 8.6% of budgetLieutenant Governor of Alberta Arts Awards Foundation — C$891,054 over 8y, 66% of budgetSIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON — C$864,572 over 8y, 8.3% of budgetVictoria School Foundation for the Arts — C$863,919 over 8y, 86% of budgetCANADIAN PARKS AND WILDERNESS SOCIETY — C$861,931 over 8y, 1.6% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

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

  • Who funds United Way of the Alberta Capital Region ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds Bowstrings Heritage Foundation ↗
  • Who funds EDMONTON OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds CITADEL THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds Alberta Ecotrust Foundation ↗
  • Who funds E4C (EDMONTON CITY CENTRE CHURCH CORPORATION) ↗
  • Who funds IHUMAN YOUTH SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Edmonton and Area Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds Edmonton Symphony Society ↗
  • Who funds Edmonton Arts Council Society ↗
  • Who funds ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds Bissell Centre ↗
  • Who funds Youth Emergency Shelter Society of Edmonton ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF EDMONTON ↗
  • Who funds Boyle Street Services Society ↗
  • Who funds BRENTWOOD COLLEGE ASSOCATION ↗
  • Who funds Terra Centre for Teen Parents ↗
  • Who funds Alberta Cancer Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FEDERATION OF EDMONTON ↗
  • Who funds YWCA EDMONTON ↗
  • Who funds Right at Home Housing Society ↗
  • Who funds COUNCIL FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AFRICAN CANADIANS IN ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds Habitat for Humanity Edmonton Society ↗
  • Who funds Multicultural Family Resource Society ↗
  • Who funds Pilgrims Hospice Society ↗
  • Who funds Wood Buffalo Community Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Boyle McCauley Health Centre ↗
  • Who funds Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific ↗
  • Who funds Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers Society ↗
  • Who funds Grant MacEwan University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Edmonton Gleaners Association ↗
  • Who funds Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORWOOD CHILD & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds Calgary Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Edmonton Folk Music Festival Society ↗
  • Who funds Salvation Army Alberta & NWT Division ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Stollery Charitab…Edmonton Oilers Commu…Butler Family Foundat…Edmonton Realtors' Ch…Allard Foundation Ltd.The Dianne and Irving…The Edmonton Civic Em…Abc Benefits Corporat…Royal Alexandra Hospi…Alberta Blue Cross He…Melton FoundationAtco Gas Employees' C…
The Stollery Charitable FoundationAB43× affinity128 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Stollery Charitable Foundation · Edmonton Oilers Community Foundation · Butler Family Foundation · Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundation · Allard Foundation Ltd. · The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundation · The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fund · Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation · Royal Alexandra Hospital Employees Charitable Donation Fund · Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue · Melton Foundation · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from the Canada Revenue Agency’s published T3010 data — your own annual information return and the multi-year returns of the 1403 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program description on its T3010; we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your T3010 annual information return for the fiscal period ending 2024-12-31, 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 122437072:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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