Alberta · Registered charity
BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987
BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987 (Alberta) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$495 to it, the largest being United Way of the Alberta Capital Region (C$495). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987 holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $1M–$10M, 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 Missionary Churchlocal
- Harry E Foster Charitable Foundationportfolio match
- United Way of Bruce Greyportfolio match
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 92% · 2018 92% · 2019 92% · 2020 91% · 2021 91% · 2022 90% · 2023 91% · 2024 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
30% of BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (8% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose C$90 → C$180.
From the CRA filings of BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987’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.
Where its funders are
100% of BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987'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.
- The Missionary ChurchlocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Harry E Foster Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- United Way of Bruce Greyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Unity for Autismportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Goodlife Kids Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotiaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Windsor Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Aberdeen Health Foundation Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Joan and Jim Patterson Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Rick Hansen Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Georgina 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.
Government revenue BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987 reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 90% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987?
- BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987 (Alberta) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$495 to it, the largest being United Way of the Alberta Capital Region (C$495). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987 have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 1 organization giving C$495 in grants to BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987?
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region is the largest funder on record, with C$495 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE HERON VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE ASSOC - ATHABASCA 1987 find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
Play a game about who funds Blue Heron Vocational Training Centre Assoc - Athabasca 1987 →
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 1 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