Alberta · Registered charity
THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY
THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$96,764 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$79,745). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$577k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- C$97k
- Net assets
- C$128k
What The Alexandra Writers' Centre Society does
Ongoing programs
The Alexandra Writers' Centre Society is a Calgary-based charity which supports aspiring and experienced writers poets and authors. The Society provides courses seminars and workshops throughout the year to help individuals develop and build upon the fundamentals of writing. The Society also facilitates mentorship programs critique services writer discussions/presentations and other support services. Additionally the society has a youth program for school-aged youth interested in writing and supports home school programs. The youth program aims to support young people in their lifelong passion for reading and writing by providing a safe supervised space for educational sessions and social events. Additionally the Society hosts a weekend writers retreat to provide members with a concentrated set of workshops and lessons led by professional instructors plus Online courses programs workshops and conference collaboration Online published author presentations and Online and in-person book launches and events.
As stated on its FY2024 T3010.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from C$47k to C$160k (+244%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 20% · 2018 11% · 2019 3% · 2020 8% · 2021 24% · 2022 18% · 2023 15% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
11% of THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose C$410 → C$2k.
From the CRA filings of THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY’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
THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 93% · 2019 98% · 2020 66% · 2021 97% · 2022 100% · 2023 55% — 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.
Where its funders are
89% of THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY'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.
Against its field
THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,067 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 arts nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government revenue THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 16% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY
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
47% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY?
- THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$96,764 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$79,745). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$96,764 in grants to THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY?
- THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$79,745 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ALEXANDRA WRITERS' CENTRE SOCIETY 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 6 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register