Alberta · Registered charity
CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE
CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE (Alberta) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$27,950 to it, the largest being LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$19,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,990 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities nonprofits $100k–$1M, 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 Hotchkiss Family Foundationlocalportfolio match
- Alberta Conservation Associationshared fundersportfolio match
- Hope Lutheran Churchlocal
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: 2022 29% · 2023 19% · 2024 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell C$8k → C$1k.
From the CRA filings of CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY 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
CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% 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 CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 79% · 2022 100% · 2023 87% — 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
70% of CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the C$8k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside Alberta, across 2 regions.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$20k 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.
- The Hotchkiss Family Foundationlocalportfolio matchAB · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Conservation Associationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 7 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Hope Lutheran ChurchlocalAB · funds 5 organizations near you
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Central Albertaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brawn Family Foundation.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Allard Foundation Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Banff Canmore Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cox Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Trust for Canada / Fiducie Nationale 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 CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 73% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY 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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE?
- CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE (Alberta) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$27,950 to it, the largest being LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (C$19,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$27,950 in grants to CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY CENTRE?
- LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$19,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CANADIAN GRAIN ELEVATOR DISCOVERY 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 5 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