Alberta · Registered charity
WERKLUND CENTRE
WERKLUND CENTRE (Alberta) receives grants from 24 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$5,073,480 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$2,869,984). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
WERKLUND CENTRE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 44 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 44 arts nonprofits $10M–$100M, 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.
- The Palmer Family Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- The Flanagan Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Wayne Foo Foundationlocal
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 18% · 2018 18% · 2019 17% · 2020 23% · 2021 47% · 2022 23% · 2023 26% · 2024 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of WERKLUND CENTRE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (17% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose C$269k → C$875k.
From the CRA filings of WERKLUND CENTRE’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
WERKLUND CENTRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 74%; 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 WERKLUND CENTRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 95% · 2018 94% · 2019 53% · 2020 55% · 2021 43% · 2022 60% · 2023 44% — 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
50% of WERKLUND CENTRE'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
91% of WERKLUND CENTRE's grant income comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$152k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 region is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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 24 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Palmer Family Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchAB · backs 26 organizations that share your funders · funds 11 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Flanagan Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 36 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Wayne Foo FoundationlocalAB · funds 8 organizations near you
- Winnipeg Arts Council Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Manitoba Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Michelle O'Reilly FoundationlocalAB · funds 6 organizations near you
- Allard Foundation Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Richardson Foundation Inc. /Fondation Richardson Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Qr77/Westin Hotel Calgary Children's Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Calgary Homeless Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 25 organizations that share your funders · funds 12 organizations near you
- Trico Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 9 organizations near you
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.
Government revenue WERKLUND CENTRE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 18% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like WERKLUND CENTRE
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds WERKLUND CENTRE?
- WERKLUND CENTRE (Alberta) receives grants from 24 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$5,073,480 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$2,869,984). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WERKLUND CENTRE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 24 organizations giving C$5,073,480 in grants to WERKLUND CENTRE, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WERKLUND CENTRE?
- THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$2,869,984 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WERKLUND CENTRE 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 24 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