Alberta · Registered charity
FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY
FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$87,925 to it, the largest being Jim and Janice Parker Foundation Inc. (C$50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY's revenue fell 34% 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.
- Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Rozsa Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio match
- Allard Foundation Ltd.shared fundersportfolio 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.
36% of FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell C$50k → C$3k.
From the CRA filings of FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL 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
FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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 WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 52% · 2019 57% · 2020 100% · 2021 62% · 2022 75% · 2023 65% — 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.
How long its funders stay
17% of FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 30% 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
89% of FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL 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$4k 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.
- Calgary Shaw Charity Classic Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchAB · backs 42 organizations that share your funders · funds 4 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rozsa Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchAB · backs 26 organizations that share your funders · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- Allard Foundation Ltd.shared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 51 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier FoundationlocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- The Brawn Family Foundation.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Prosser Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Alberta Music Education Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Richardson Foundation Inc. /Fondation Richardson Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Smith and Vanstokkom Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Somar Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable 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.
Organizations like FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL 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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY?
- FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$87,925 to it, the largest being Jim and Janice Parker Foundation Inc. (C$50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 10 organizations giving C$87,925 in grants to FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL SOCIETY?
- Jim and Janice Parker Foundation Inc. is the largest funder on record, with C$50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF WESTERN CANADA HIGH SCHOOL 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 10 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