Alberta · Registered charity
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN (Alberta) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$151,724 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$145,328). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN's revenue fell 31% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,910 support of schools and education 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.
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Windsor Park After School Program Societylocal
- The Brawn Family Foundation.portfolio 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 65% · 2019 72% · 2021 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (87% 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 narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose C$19k → C$23k.
From the CRA filings of FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN’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
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 98% · 2021 94% · 2022 96% · 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
96% of FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN'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$6k that is directly attributable, 89% 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$145k 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 Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 34 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Windsor Park After School Program SocietylocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- The Brawn Family Foundation.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Conservation Associationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Palmer Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Edmonton Rotary Club Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Taylor Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- University Hospitals Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McCoy Family Charity Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Somar Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Read Family Foundationportfolio 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 FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 92% of FY2021 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN
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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN?
- FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN (Alberta) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$151,724 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$145,328). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 96% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$151,724 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN?
- THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$145,328 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA BOTANIC GARDEN 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 4 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