Alberta · Registered charity
BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$441,774 to it, the largest being WILLIAM S. HERRON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$365,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 690 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 690 public amenities 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.
- Camp Chestermere Associationlocal
- Richardson Foundation Inc. /Fondation Richardson Inc.portfolio match
- Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundationportfolio 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 2% · 2018 20% · 2019 15% · 2020 27% · 2021 44% · 2022 18% · 2023 15% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (5% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose C$50k → C$104k.
From the CRA filings of BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL 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
BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 96% · 2019 97% · 2020 86% · 2021 94% · 2022 97% · 2023 48% — 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
98% of BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL 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.
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.
- Camp Chestermere AssociationlocalAB · funds 2 organizations near you
- Richardson Foundation Inc. /Fondation Richardson Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canmore Rotary Club Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- E K M Health Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Banff Canmore Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Phoenix Foundation of the Boundary Communitiesportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Carman Area Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Battle River Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jays Care Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brockville Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- President's Choice Children's Charity-La Fondation Pour Les la Fondation Pour Les Enfants le Choix Du Présidentportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada/Les repaires jeunesse du Canadaportfolio 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 BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 15% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL 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
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY?
- BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$441,774 to it, the largest being WILLIAM S. HERRON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (C$365,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$441,774 in grants to BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY?
- WILLIAM S. HERRON FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$365,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOW VALLEY AGRICULTURAL 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 September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register