Alberta · Registered charity
THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON
THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON (Alberta) receives grants from 93 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,391,221 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$2,768,146). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON is better cushioned than half of the 58 foundations advancing religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 58 foundations advancing religion 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 Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared funderslocal
- The Sisters of Charity of Providence of Western Canadaportfolio match
- The Franciscans - Bursarportfolio 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.
87% of THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (70% 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 40 funders to 37 funders, grant income rose C$211k → C$1.3M.
From the CRA filings of THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 93 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 SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON 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 SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 17% · 2018 18% · 2019 17% · 2020 49% · 2021 36% · 2022 43% · 2023 45% — 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
43% of THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Alberta, across 5 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$991k 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 93 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared funderslocalAB · backs 58 organizations that share your funders · funds 5 organizations near you
- The Sisters of Charity of Providence of Western Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Franciscans - Bursarportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Marian Centreportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Association of Volunteer Centres and Volunteer Engaging Organizations of AlbertalocalAB · funds 2 organizations near you
- West End Christian Reformed ChurchlocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- The Stollery Charitable Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 89 organizations that share your funders · funds 12 organizations near you
- Beth Tzedek Congregation of EdmontonlocalAB · funds 2 organizations near you
- First Christian Reformed Church of EdmontonlocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- Inglewood Christian Reformed ChurchlocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Christian Reformed Church of St. AlbertlocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Cox Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 2 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.
Organizations like THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON?
- THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON (Alberta) receives grants from 93 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,391,221 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$2,768,146). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 93 organizations giving C$6,391,221 in grants to THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON?
- CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$2,768,146 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SIGN OF HOPE SOCIETY ARCHDIOCESE OF EDMONTON 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 93 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