What does it mean for grant money to stay in-province?

It is the share of grants made by funders based in Alberta that reached charities also located in Alberta, rather than charities elsewhere. A high share means local funders mostly back local causes; a low one means the money largely leaves.

Is Alberta a major grantmaking province?

Alberta ranks 4th of the 13 provinces and territories by grant dollars from resident funders. The largest are Ontario and Quebec; the most outward, where the most money leaves, is Nunavut.

How can a charity find funders in Alberta?

Start with the largest grantmakers based in Alberta, currently Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne and Calgary Homeless Foundation. Funders from other provinces also reach in, led by Canadahelps Canadon.

How recent is this Alberta grant data?

It is read from the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, summed across them. A charity files its T3010 within six months of its year end, so the latest year is still filling in.

Funding by province · AB

Grantmaking in Alberta

4,469 grantmakers are based in Alberta. Together they granted C$7.5B across the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, the 4th most of any province or territory, and kept 72% of it in Alberta. Most of it stays, with 28% leaving the province.

4,469

grantmakers

C$7.5B

granted

72%

stays in-province

The short version

4,469 grantmakers are based in Alberta, granting C$7.5B across the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, the 4th most of any province or territory.
72% of grants made by Alberta funders stayed in Alberta; the rest went to charities elsewhere.
Alberta is a net exporter of grant money, sending C$67M more out of the province than its charities draw in from outside funders.

Alberta is a net exporter of grant money, C$67M more leaves than arrives.

Largest funders based in Alberta

Grantmakers headquartered in Alberta, sized by total grants made. Pick one for its dossier.

4,461 other fundersC$4.5B

Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligneC$847M The Calgary FoundationC$426M United Way of Calgary and AreaC$290M

Charities in Alberta that draw the most

The charities in Alberta that received the most grant money.

1The Governors of the University of CalgaryC$531M 2Government of the Province of AlbertaC$473M 3The Governors of the University of AlbertaC$292M 4Shock Trauma Air Rescue ServiceC$260M 5The Alberta Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist ChurchC$170M 6The Mustard Seed SocietyC$139M 7Alberta Children's Hospital FoundationC$102M 8West Aspen Holdings Ltd.C$102M

Biggest funders reaching into Alberta from elsewhere

Funders in other provinces sending the most money to charities in Alberta.

1Canadahelps CanadonC$357M 2Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds de Bienfaisance CanadaC$159M 3CIBC Foundation / Fondation CIBCC$56M 4Seventh-Day Adventist Church in CanadaC$54M 5Green Municipal FundC$46M 6Rbc Foundation/Rbc FondationC$44M

Where the money goes by org size

Grant dollars to charities in Alberta, by the recipient's size, against the national average (the marker). Alberta sends a larger share to C$1M to C$10M charities than the country as a whole, and less to C$100M and up.

Under C$100k2% vs 2% national

C$100k to C$1M14% vs 14% national

C$1M to C$10M30% vs 27% national

C$10M to C$100M32% vs 29% national

C$100M and up22% vs 28% national

Questions and answers

What does it mean for grant money to stay in-province?: It is the share of grants made by funders based in Alberta that reached charities also located in Alberta, rather than charities elsewhere. A high share means local funders mostly back local causes; a low one means the money largely leaves.
Is Alberta a major grantmaking province?: Alberta ranks 4th of the 13 provinces and territories by grant dollars from resident funders. The largest are Ontario and Quebec; the most outward, where the most money leaves, is Nunavut.
How can a charity find funders in Alberta?: Start with the largest grantmakers based in Alberta, currently Canadian Online Giving Foundation/Fondation canadienne de dons en ligne and Calgary Homeless Foundation. Funders from other provinces also reach in, led by Canadahelps Canadon.
How recent is this Alberta grant data?: It is read from the FY2017–2023 T3010 returns, summed across them. A charity files its T3010 within six months of its year end, so the latest year is still filling in.

Source: CRA T3010 returns
License: Open Government Licence – Canada
Currency: CAD, never converted