Alberta · Registered charity
EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY
EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$130,642 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$90,423). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,180 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,180 public amenities nonprofits under $100k, 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.
- Allard Foundation Ltd.shared fundersportfolio match
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Terwillegar Community 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.
21% of EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (28% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose C$510 → C$18k.
From the CRA filings of EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN 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
EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 59% · 2019 100% · 2020 65% · 2021 94% · 2022 93% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
69% of EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY'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$40k that is directly attributable, 83% 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$90k 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. Your 5 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Allard Foundation Ltd.shared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 60 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 41 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Terwillegar Community ChurchlocalAB · funds 2 organizations near you
- Dogwood Heritage Society of B.C.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Park People Projects Canada/Amis Des Parcs Projets Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gordon & Diane Buchanan Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Gmr Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- C K Choi Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Td Friends of the Environment Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Summit Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Robertson-Wesley United Churchportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared fundersAB · backs 22 organizations that share your funders
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 EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN 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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Questions and answers
- Who funds EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY?
- EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 5 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$130,642 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$90,423). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 5 organizations giving C$130,642 in grants to EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN SOCIETY?
- THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$90,423 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDMONTON CHINESE GARDEN 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 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