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Fort Mcmurray, AB · Public foundation

United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo

United Way Fort McMurray and Wood Buffalo believes in community impact a movement towards creating meaningful long-term improvements to the quality of life in wood buffalo.

C$2.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
25
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
Regions reached
C$331k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 25 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k5 grants · C$21k
  • C$10k–50k4 grants · C$147k
  • C$50k–250k13 grants · C$1.8M
  • C$250k+3 grants · C$902k
C$105,500
Median grant
2
Regions reached
C$7.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PASTEW PLACE DETOX CENTRE SOCIETYC$330,750
THE SALVATION ARMY ALBERTA & NORTHERN TERRITORIES DIVISIONC$300,475
CENTRE OF HOPE NON-PROFIT SOCIETY OF FORT MCMURRAYC$270,853
ST. AIDAN'S HOUSE SOCIETYC$229,084
NISTAWAYOU ASSOCIATION FRIENDSHIP CENTREC$205,835
WOOD BUFFALO WELLNESS SOCIETYC$182,410
THE HUB FAMILY RESOURCE CENTREC$163,250
THE CHILDREN'S CENTRE NON PROFIT SOCIETY OF FORT MCMURRAYC$162,950
LOCAL HELICOPTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE ORGANIZATION FOUNDATIONC$155,000
WAYPOINTS COMMUNITY SERVICES ASSOCIATIONC$135,000
SOME OTHER SOLUTIONS SOCIETY FOR CRISIS PREVENTIONC$127,801
FAMILY CHRISTIAN CENTRE (FORT MCMURRAY)C$113,750
SUPPORT THROUGH HOUSING TEAM SOCIETY (STHT)C$105,500
MULTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF WOOD BUFFALOC$86,125
AUTISM SOCIETY OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WOOD BUFFALOC$84,824
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$35M
Ontario
C$99k
Manitoba
C$45k
British Columbia
C$43k
Nova Scotia
C$15k
Saskatchewan
C$10k
New Brunswick
C$8k
Newfoundland and Labrador
C$6k
Prince Edward Island
C$1k
Quebec
C$1k

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.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$34M · 98 repeat orgsC$629k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +23% for the ones you funded once.

98 repeat relationships — 25 still active in FY2024, 73 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

98
195

Total granted

C$34M
C$629k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+23%

Still filing today

93%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$0 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

  • PP
    Pastew Place Detox Centre
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$3.2M · revenue +39% · 41% of their budget
  • TS
    The Salvation Army Fort McMurray
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$3.1M · revenue ×4,680 · 38% of their budget
  • CO
    Centre of Hope
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$2.3M · revenue +186% · 37% of their budget

Funded once

  • SA
    ST. AIDAN'S SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · C$262k
  • AC
    Association Canadienne Francise de l'Alberta
    one grant, 2017 · C$73k · revenue -4%
  • CS
    Centre s;Accueil et d'Establissement Alberta-Nord
    one grant, 2018 · C$53k

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
Kids With Cancer Society of Northern Alberta

The Kids with Cancer Society offers programming to assist families in the following areas: Support - Provides the necessary tools to help families cope for the demands of the treatment and minimize family disruption and related stress.…

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2
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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3
Help a Buddy Fund

We financially support registered charitable animal welfare groups in Alberta by offering monetary grants and joint fundraising efforts to those who have programs in place to support animals in need of long-term rehabilitation of a year or…

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4
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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5
United Way Alberta Northwest Society
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6
Hockey Alberta Foundation

The hockey alberta foundation supports numerous charities/qualified donees to assist in helping kids families and communities access equipment programs mentorship and leadership development with the goal of providing opportunities for kids…

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7
Mental Health Foundation

The charity's purpose is fund raising for the primary areas of education research innovation and integrated mental health and addiction services. the foundation's mandate supports programs and services throughout the province of alberta.

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8
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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9
Variety-the Children's Charity of Alberta Association

The charity supports children who are living with disabilities and specialized needs in our communities. Through education advocacy direct support and community outreach we support children who are facing physical developmental emotional…

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10
Alberta Helping Animals Society

Support successful and enduring human-animal bonds between companion animals and people with low income disabilities and unfortunate circumstances through providing advice advocacy and access to veterinary care and other services.

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11
Children's Hospital Aid Society

W are a non-profit volunteer charitable organization committed to funding programs and services for children and young adults in cooperation with the alberta children's hospital other agencies and the community. we hold fundraising events…

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12
Red Deer Regional Health Foundation

Red deer regional health foundation (rdrhf) raises and disburses funds for program services and the purchase of medical equipment for the red deer regional hospital centre (rdrhc) and other facilities in alberta health services (ahs)…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Alberta Society and the most unlike its peers is The Dryden Public Library. 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

269 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. 269 of the 293 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.

19
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
68
Early backer (in before they grew)
251/269
Grantees still filing
176/269
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$10kC$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPastew Place Detox Centre — C$3,210,472 over 8y, 41% of budgetThe Salvation Army Fort McMurray — C$3,127,598 over 8y, 38% of budgetThe HUb Family Resource Centre — C$2,381,638 over 8y, 25% of budgetCentre of Hope — C$2,332,705 over 8y, 37% of budgetSome Other Solutions — C$2,211,333 over 8y, 33% of budgetST. AIDAN'S SOCIETY — C$2,162,302 over 7y, 78% of budgetCENTRE OF HOPE — C$2,100,829 over 7y, 14% of budgetFort McMurray Family Crisis Society (Waypoints) — C$1,334,853 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetSupport THrough Housing Team — C$1,302,348 over 8y, 69% of budgetNISTAWAYOU FRIENDSHIP CENTRE — C$1,219,995 over 8y, 54% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S CENTRE NON PROFIT SOCIETY OF FT MCMURRAY — C$1,205,254 over 8y, 22% of budgetLOCAL HERO — C$1,172,400 over 7y, 6.4% of budgetWoods Homes Foundation (Stepping Stones) — C$1,146,028 over 7y, 13% of budgetMulticultural Association of Wood Buffalo — C$1,036,700 over 8y, 60% of budgetCanadian Mental Health Association — C$995,108 over 7y, 78% of budgetFAMILY CHRISTIAN CENTRE (FORT MCMURRAY) — C$908,412 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetHIV North Society — C$792,396 over 8y, 11% of budgetFORT MCMURRAY GOLDEN YEARS SOCIETY — C$723,470 over 8y, 48% of budgetFort McMurray SPCA — C$448,356 over 7y, 13% of budgetCareers The Next Generation Foundation — C$400,575 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetJustin Slade Youth Foundation — C$399,535 over 6y, 24% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WOOD BUFFALO — C$378,091 over 6y, 28% of budgetGirls Incorporated of Nothern Alberta Society — C$321,672 over 6y, 38% of budgetBorealis Counselling (Fort McMurray Assesment & Referral) — C$238,584 over 3y, 16% of budgetFORT MCMURRAY SEARCH & RESCUE SOCIETY — C$237,709 over 8y, 75% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY WOOD BUFFALO (NSUUR) — C$208,138 over 2y, 18% of budgetThe Fort McMurray Boys' & Girls' Club — C$163,593 over 4y, 10% of budgetBlue Heron Support Services Association — C$142,635 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetWOOD BUFFALO SAFE/HEALTHY COMMUNITY — C$119,253 over 7y, 14% of budgetMcMan Youth, Family & Community Services — C$99,587 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRehoboth Alliance (Gethesmane International Assembly) — C$84,250 over 2y, 18% of budgetSPINAL CORD INJURY ALBERTA — C$83,496 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetFort McMurray Catholic Board of Education — C$80,578 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRotary Club of Fort McMurray (Imagination Library) — C$78,336 over 3y, 28% of budgetAssociation Canadienne Francise de l'Alberta — C$72,724 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFuse Social — C$72,448 over 4y, 3.7% of budgetSanatan Mandir Cultural Society of Fort McMurray — C$58,795 over 7y, 4.8% of budgetNORTHLIFE FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH — C$55,476 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCentre s;Accueil et d'Establissement Alberta-Nord — C$52,741 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetStollery children's Hospital Foundation — C$49,560 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMarkaz-Ul-Islam Congregation of Fort McMurray — C$47,164 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetFORT CITY CHURCH OF THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE IN — C$40,646 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetNorthern Lights Regional Health Foundation — C$37,384 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCNIB — C$31,198 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLAC LA BICHE HERITAGE SOCIETY — C$25,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetUnited Way of Calgary — C$24,839 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFort McMurray Chinese-Canadian Cultural Society — C$22,964 over 7y, 26% of budgetMS Society — C$22,876 over 2y, 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.

  • Who funds Pastew Place Detox Centre ↗
  • Who funds The Salvation Army Fort McMurray ↗
  • Who funds The HUb Family Resource Centre ↗
  • Who funds Centre of Hope ↗
  • Who funds Some Other Solutions ↗
  • Who funds ST. AIDAN'S SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CENTRE OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds Fort McMurray Family Crisis Society (Waypoints) ↗
  • Who funds Support THrough Housing Team ↗
  • Who funds NISTAWAYOU FRIENDSHIP CENTRE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S CENTRE NON PROFIT SOCIETY OF FT MCMURRAY ↗
  • Who funds LOCAL HERO ↗
  • Who funds Woods Homes Foundation (Stepping Stones) ↗
  • Who funds Multicultural Association of Wood Buffalo ↗
  • Who funds Canadian Mental Health Association ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY CHRISTIAN CENTRE (FORT MCMURRAY) ↗
  • Who funds HIV North Society ↗
  • Who funds FORT MCMURRAY GOLDEN YEARS SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Fort McMurray SPCA ↗
  • Who funds Careers The Next Generation Foundation ↗
  • Who funds Justin Slade Youth Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SOCIETY OF THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WOOD BUFFALO ↗
  • Who funds Girls Incorporated of Nothern Alberta Society ↗
  • Who funds Borealis Counselling (Fort McMurray Assesment & Referral) ↗
  • Who funds FORT MCMURRAY SEARCH & RESCUE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WOOD BUFFALO (NSUUR) ↗
  • Who funds The Fort McMurray Boys' & Girls' Club ↗
  • Who funds Blue Heron Support Services Association ↗
  • Who funds WOOD BUFFALO SAFE/HEALTHY COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds McMan Youth, Family & Community Services ↗
  • Who funds Rehoboth Alliance (Gethesmane International Assembly) ↗
  • Who funds SPINAL CORD INJURY ALBERTA ↗
  • Who funds Fort McMurray Catholic Board of Education ↗
  • Who funds Rotary Club of Fort McMurray (Imagination Library) ↗
  • Who funds Association Canadienne Francise de l'Alberta ↗
  • Who funds Fuse Social ↗

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.

Wood Buffalo Communit…Atco Gas Employees' C…Suncor Energy Foundat…Abc Benefits Corporat…Atco Electric EpicUnited Way of the Alb…United Way of Canada …United Way of Calgary…Alberta Blue Cross He…Rotary District 5370 …Cenovus Employee Foun…Edmonton Oilers Commu…
Wood Buffalo Community FoundationAB31× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wood Buffalo Community Foundation · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · Suncor Energy Foundation/Fondation Suncor Energie · Abc Benefits Corporation Foundation · Atco Electric Epic · United Way of the Alberta Capital Region · United Way of Canada - Centraide Canada · United Way of Calgary and Area · Alberta Blue Cross Hearts of Blue · Rotary District 5370 Charitable Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Edmonton Oilers Community 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 293 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 119260495:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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