Alberta · Registered charity
THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY
THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 58 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$24,408,768 to it, the largest being The Taylor Family Foundation (C$10,500,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 95 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 95 public amenities 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 Arthur J E Child Foundationshared funders
- Alberta Conservation Associationportfolio match
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared funders
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 38% · 2018 22% · 2019 19% · 2020 38% · 2021 30% · 2022 32% · 2023 26% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (3% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 24 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose C$780k → C$6.0M.
From the CRA filings of THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 58 funders by total. 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 CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 74%; 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 CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 77% · 2019 59% · 2020 34% · 2021 36% · 2022 66% · 2023 70% — 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
44% of THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
81% of THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL 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. C$382k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions 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 58 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Arthur J E Child Foundationshared fundersAB · backs 41 organizations that share your funders
- Alberta Conservation Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared fundersAB · backs 41 organizations that share your funders
- The Hindle Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Nature Conservancy of Canada/La Societe Canadienne Pour la Conservation de la Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Read Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Calgary Inter-Faith Food Bank SocietylocalAB · funds 18 organizations near you
- Calgary Homeless Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 23 organizations that share your funders · funds 10 organizations near you
- Berkhold Family Foundationshared fundersAB · backs 28 organizations that share your funders
- Children's Hospital Aid Societyshared fundersAB · backs 47 organizations that share your funders
- Social Venture Partners Calgary Ltd.localAB · funds 7 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 CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 17% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 58 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$24,408,768 to it, the largest being The Taylor Family Foundation (C$10,500,000). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 58 organizations giving C$24,408,768 in grants to THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY?
- The Taylor Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with C$10,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CALGARY ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
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 58 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