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Calgary, AB · Private foundation

Viewpoint Foundation

The charity provided donations to registered charities and to educate the public about ethical leadership.

C$1.9M
Granted FY2024still arriving
65
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
Regions reached
C$600k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01FY2024 · 65 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under C$10k45 grants · C$133k
  • C$10k–50k10 grants · C$159k
  • C$50k–250k8 grants · C$805k
  • C$250k+2 grants · C$850k
C$5,000
Median grant
4
Regions reached
C$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF CALGARYC$600,000
MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONC$250,000
UNITED WAYC$200,000
MOMEMTUM COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETYC$155,000
NATIONAL MUSIC CENTREC$100,000
CITY OF CALGARYC$100,000
CENTRE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTIONC$100,000
TRELLIS SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY IMPACTC$50,000
IMPACT SOCIETYC$50,000
CALGARY PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATIONC$50,000
ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$25,000
LIONHEART FOUNDATIONC$25,000
VGH UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONC$20,000
PARKS FOUNDATION CALGARY (AS AN AGENT OF THE CITY OF CALGARYC$20,000
ALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATIONC$14,500
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$10M
Ontario
C$368k
British Columbia
C$236k
Quebec
C$164k
Manitoba
C$25k
Saskatchewan
C$19k
Nova Scotia
C$3k
New Brunswick
C$3k

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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
C$11M · 92 repeat orgsC$545k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +30% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

92 repeat relationships — 43 still active in FY2024, 49 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

92
69

Total granted

C$11M
C$428k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+26%

Still filing today

96%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; C$117k 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY
    8× · 2017–2024 · C$4.7M · revenue +27%
  • CF
    CENTRE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION
    4× · 2020–2024 · C$415k · revenue +51%
  • IS
    IMPACT SOCIETY
    3× · 2021–2024 · C$300k · revenue +194%

Funded once

  • WA
    WELLSPRING ALBERTA
    one grant, 2023 · C$67k · revenue +9%
  • CO
    CITY OF CALGARY (CHANGE CAN'T WAIT FUNDING)
    one grant, 2020 · C$50k
  • CM
    CANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · C$25k · revenue +72%

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
Calgary Eye Foundation

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

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3
Calgary Arts Foundation

Calgary arts foundation was created to generate financial support for the calgary arts sector. the foundation is focused on the arts creative industries and cultural sector to strengthen existing programs that support organizations artists…

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4
Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation

Funding for grants is provided to the Stollery Children's Hospital the University of Alberta the Women and Children's Health Research Institute the Mental Health Foundation and Alberta Health Services for research and education equipment…

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5
Calgary Health Foundation

Provide support for medical services long term care medical research and education by granting to alberta health services - calgary zone university of calgary medical school and other registered charities providing support of health care…

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6
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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7
The Boma Calgary Foundation
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8
The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation

The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation raises and manages funds to advance and support the Royal Alexandra Hospital Alberta Health Services and post-secondary institutions in Edmonton Alberta. Enhancement includes the funding of equipment…

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9
Calgary Police Foundation

The calgary police foundation (cpf)operates under the name of the calgary police youth foundation. it's purpose is to educate youth about good citizenship safe communities policing and avoiding victimization and criminality. cpf does this…

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10
Alberta Diabetes Foundation

Funding of diabetes research

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11
Beam Foundation

BEAM Foundation is a not-for-profit foundation dedicated to improving the mental health and wellbeing of kids & youth in Calgary Alberta. Our mission is to provide accessible and affordable wellness programs to children and youth who are…

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12
Community Foundation of Central Alberta

The foundation is a community catalyst committed to growing a legacy which strengthens the quality of life in red deer and central alberta. activities in support of their mission include: working with donors to enable them to meet their…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Charitable Foundation of the Family(Calgary) and the most unlike its peers is Northmount School for Boys. 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

171 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. 171 of the 183 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
34
Early backer (in before they grew)
169/171
Grantees still filing
121/171
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$100kC$1.0MC$10MC$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALGARY — C$4,735,600 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetNational Music Centre — C$1,415,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetUNITED WAY — C$515,385 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetCENTRE FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION — C$414,800 over 4y, 8.1% of budgetIMPACT SOCIETY — C$300,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetCALGAYR PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION — C$275,000 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetMOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — C$260,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CALGARY — C$257,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetRESOLVE — C$222,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMOMEMTUM COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY — C$161,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetThe Perimeter Institute — C$150,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA — C$120,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetHOSPICE CALGARY SOCIETY — C$100,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$94,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMONTREAL ECONOMIC INSTITUTE — C$94,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetPUBLIC POLICY FORUM — C$92,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCKUA RADIO FOUNDATION — C$90,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCALGARY COUNSELLING CENTRE — C$75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWELLSPRING ALBERTA — C$67,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLIONHEART FOUNDATION — C$65,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALBERTA CANCER FOUNDATION — C$59,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCALGARY DROP-IN & REHAB CENTRE SOCIETY — C$57,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S COTTAGE SOCIETY AN ALBERTA SOCIETY — C$55,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CALGARY (FORMERLY AUNTS AND UNCL — C$50,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDISTRESS CENTRE CALGARY — C$48,700 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetTHE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION — C$40,378 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetCANADIAN MUSEUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS — C$40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDTION — C$39,612 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OF CANADA — C$37,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCALGARY HIGHLANDERS REGIMENTAL FUNDS FOUNDATION — C$30,750 over 6y, 4.4% of budgetAssociation for the Rehabilitation of the Brain Injured — C$30,200 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFAMILY ENTERPRISE FOUNDATION/FONDATION DES FAMILLES ENTREPRE — C$30,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetLIONHEART FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMUSIC EDUCATION CHARITY OF CANADA — C$30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCOLUMBIA VALLEY FOUNDATION — C$30,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetCALGARY HUMANE SOCIETY — C$29,750 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CALGARY FOUNDATION — C$27,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAIT - BILD ALBERTA SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CONSTRUCTION — C$25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCANADIAN GLOBAL AFFAIRS INSTITUTE — C$22,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetI CAN FOR KIDS FOUNDATION — C$22,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetCROHN'S AND COLITIS — C$21,450 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCanadian Cancer Society — C$21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMACDONALD-LAURIER INSTITUTE — C$20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CALGARY — C$20,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWINDERMERE VALLEY YOUTH CENTRE — C$20,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetSPRUCE MEADOWS LEG UP FOUNDATION — C$20,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetVGH UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — C$20,000 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.

Hunter Family Foundat…Carthy FoundationCalgary Flames Founda…Cenovus Employee Foun…Place2Give FoundationThe Calgary FoundationAtco Gas Employees' C…Olympia Charitable Fo…Jewish Community Foun…Atco Electric EpicNickle Family Foundat…The Arthur J E Child …
Hunter Family FoundationAB37.6× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hunter Family Foundation · Carthy Foundation · Calgary Flames Foundation · Cenovus Employee Foundation · Place2Give Foundation · The Calgary Foundation · Atco Gas Employees' Community Service Fund · Olympia Charitable Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Calgary · Atco Electric Epic · Nickle Family Foundation · The Arthur J E Child 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 183 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 private foundation under foundations.

Source object 868741653:2024-12-31 · View the T3010 on the CRA register

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