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Calgary, AB · Charitable organization

The Evangelical Covenant Church of Calgary

Commons church provides multiple sunday services to the community along with a live online option.

C$150k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
Regions reached
C$47k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02Your edgeRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k7 grants · C$17k
  • C$10k–50k5 grants · C$133k
C$4,280
Median grant
3
Regions reached
C$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HANDS AT WORK IN AFRICA (CANADA) SOCIETYC$46,500
EVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH OF CANADAC$36,000
HIGHBANKS SOCIETYC$20,000
INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSIONC$15,000
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL (WP) FOUNDATIONC$15,000
HILLHURST SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONC$4,280
URBAN SOCIETY FOR ABORIGINAL YOUTHC$4,000
ALLY GLOBAL FOUNDATIONC$3,500
MADE BY MOMMAC$2,000
THE BRENDA STRAFFORD FOUNDATIONC$1,500
CALGARY ALPHA HOUSE SOCIETYC$1,500
CANADA HELPSC$400
02Your 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$935k · 20 repeat orgsC$24k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships — 11 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
17

Total granted

C$935k
C$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+18%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$400 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22’23’24
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

  • HA
    HANDS AT WORK IN AFRICIA (CANADA) SOCIETY
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$300k · revenue +56%
  • IJ
    INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION CANADA
    7× · 2017–2024 · C$91k · revenue +29%
  • HA
    Hands at Work in Africa (Canada) Society
    6× · 2017–2024 · C$89k · revenue +188%

Funded once

  • EC
    Eucharist Church of Hamiltongraduated
    one grant, 2017 · C$5k · revenue +111%
  • HA
    HUMANITARIAN AID RESPONSE TEAMS
    one grant, 2022 · C$5k · revenue -34%
  • CC
    CITY COLLECTIVE CHURCHgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · C$3k · revenue +30%

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

03Your 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
United Way of Calgary and Area

United way of calgary and area is a 100% local charity that brings together donors corporations agencies and government to solve complex issues and improve lives. we strategically invest in local agencies and collaboratives to create…

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2
Youth Challenge International

Yci delivers creative market-ready solutions that catapult youth in canada and globally to succeed and prosper. yci's international programs contribute towards sustainable youth livelihoods. herstart innovate the future is an 8 year…

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3
The Calgary John Howard Society

Operation of community residential facilities (two - 1 women's & 1 men's) operation of youth residential facilities - for at-risk youth scattered site housing programs for youth and adult literacy programs for adults - including basic…

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4
Calgary Affordable Housing Foundation

Charitable status was received on April 1 2018 and CAHF has been in a set up phase since that time. In this current fiscal year there has been activity related to preparing to deliver charitable activities which can be described as…

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5
Habitat for Humanity Canada/Habitat Pour L'humanitÉ Canada

Habitat for Humanity Canada' brings communities together to help families build strength stability and independence through affordable homeownership. In fulfilling this mission we provide resources training and ongoing support to help…

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6
The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary an Alberta Society

The Children's Cottage Society of Calgary aims to prevent harm and neglect to all children and to build strong families through support services respite programs and a crisis nursery in and around Calgary. The programs offered by the…

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7
Ywca Toronto

YWCA works to transform the lives of women girls and gender diverse people who face systemic violence discrimination and poverty in Toronto by operating: -Housing programs including transitional housing for women and children experiencing…

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8
Cooperation Canada - Coopération Canada

Cooperation Canada is Canada's national association of international development and humanitarian organizations. Cooperation Canada brings together and advocates for effective Canadian international development assistance by convening…

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9
Calgary Homeless Foundation

Actively engage community stakeholders and funding partners to work together to guide the fight against homelessness. Providing grants to qualified donees and other community organizations to assist individuals experiencing homelessness…

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10
Calgary Youth Justice Society

Calgary Youth Justice Committees (CYJC): A restorative justice alternative for youth facing minor offenses. Volunteer-led committees work with young offenders and their families to design meaningful community-based consequences emphasizing…

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11
Cups Calgary Society

CUPS supports Calgarians impacted by poverty trauma and systemic marginalization with a unique integrated approach to care. We empower people to work holistically to create and achieve goals that support their well-being and build…

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12
The Calgary Foundation

The Calgary Foundation carried out its charitable purpose through the ongoing administration of its granting programs. While the Foundation provides grants to support charitable activity across the entire sector it has a particular focus…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Calgary Young Women's Christian Association and the most unlike its peers is Jack Long Foundation for Community Development. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

02the grantee network

38 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
21/38
Grew since you first funded

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

25%50%75%100%C$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHANDS AT WORK IN AFRICIA (CANADA) SOCIETY — C$300,394 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetEVANGELICAL COVENANT CHURCH OF CANADA — C$228,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION CANADA — C$91,300 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetHands at Work in Africa (Canada) Society — C$88,513 over 6y, 18% of budgetUNLOCKING POTENTIAL (WP) FOUNDATION — C$55,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetMADE BY MOMMA — C$32,400 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCare Canada — C$25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHILLHURST-SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION — C$19,855 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCALGARY ALPHA HOUSE SOCIETY — C$14,076 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN SOCIETY FOR ABORIGINAL YOUTH — C$11,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetCANADIAN RED CROSS — C$11,235 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJESUS COLLECTIVE — C$11,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetABORIGINAL FRIENDSHIP CENTRE OF CALGARY — C$10,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ALBERTA — C$10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRENDA STAFFORD SOCIETY — C$6,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHORIZON HOUSING SOCIETY — C$6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRA CENTRE SOCIETY — C$5,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetEucharist Church of Hamilton — C$5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetHUMANITARIAN AID RESPONSE TEAMS — C$5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLY GLOBAL FOUNDATION — C$4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCITY COLLECTIVE CHURCH — C$3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCatholic Family Service of Calgary — C$2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINDUSTRIAL AREAS FOUNDATION CANADA — C$2,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetThe Navigators of Canada — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life of Canada — C$2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCarya Society of Calgary — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalgary Young Women's Christian Association — C$1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJACK LONG FOUNDATION — C$1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetALBERTA PLAYRIGHT'S NETWORK SOCIETY — C$500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA Rocha Canada — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInn From the Cold — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Roots Exchange — C$500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDays for Girls Canada Society — C$500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMeeting House Church family — C$500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADA HELPS — C$400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Great Commission Foundation — C$300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAltadore Baptist Church — C$250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCALGARY READS — C$100 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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 Calgary FoundationCalgary Inter-Faith F…Calgary Shaw Charity …United Way of Calgary…Atco Electric EpicKids Up Front Foundat…Carthy FoundationCalgary Homeless Foun…The Rotary Club of Ca…The Junior League of …The Burns Memorial Fu…Aqueduct Foundation
The Calgary FoundationAB16.2× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Calgary Foundation · Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank Society · Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundation · United Way of Calgary and Area · Atco Electric Epic · Kids Up Front Foundation (Calgary) · Carthy Foundation · Calgary Homeless Foundation · The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fund · The Junior League of Calgary · The Burns Memorial Fund for Children · Aqueduct Foundation

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 38 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 charitable organization under christianity.

Source object 107353807:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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