Alberta · Registered charity
THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY
THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY (Alberta) receives grants from 9 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$477,101 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$194,581). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 6 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 380 arts 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 Smith and Vanstokkom Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundationlocalportfolio match
- The Calgary Rotary Clubs Foundationlocalportfolio 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 16% · 2018 13% · 2019 13% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 21% · 2023 17% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose C$10k → C$37k.
From the CRA filings of THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY’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 FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 84%; 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 THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 84% · 2019 64% · 2020 39% · 2021 39% · 2022 54% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“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
57% of THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 89% 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
58% of THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY'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 Smith and Vanstokkom Foundationlocalportfolio matchAB · funds 10 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundationlocalportfolio matchAB · funds 20 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Calgary Rotary Clubs Foundationlocalportfolio matchAB · funds 6 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Music Education Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- West Kootenay Regional Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ann and Roger Phillips Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lethbridge Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Deux Mille Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Richardson Foundation Inc. /Fondation Richardson Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wayne Foo Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 8 organizations that share your funders · funds 8 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 THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY 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 THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY?
- THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY (Alberta) receives grants from 9 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$477,101 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$194,581). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 9 organizations giving C$477,101 in grants to THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$194,581 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOLK FESTIVAL SOCIETY OF CALGARY 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 9 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