Alberta · Registered charity
ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION
ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 12 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$211,984 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$66,003). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 878 teaching institutions nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 878 teaching institutions nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Allard Foundation Ltd.shared fundersportfolio match
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Actshared fundersportfolio match
- The First Korean Presbyterian Church of Calgarylocal
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
94% of ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell C$70k → C$15k.
From the CRA filings of ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 31% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 57% · 2019 39% · 2020 66% · 2021 42% · 2022 57% · 2023 56% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
30% of ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 12 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Allard Foundation Ltd.shared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 72 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Actshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 203 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The First Korean Presbyterian Church of CalgarylocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Central Albertaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Calgary Association of Lifelong Learnersportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Somar Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Totem Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McCoy Family Charity Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Abc Benefits Corporation Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cox Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Alberta
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION?
- ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 12 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$211,984 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$66,003). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 12 organizations giving C$211,984 in grants to ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$66,003 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALBERTA VIPASSANA FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
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These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register