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G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY

G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$87,075 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$40,147). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$3.0M
Revenue FY2024
10
Funders on record
C$87k
Grants received
C$787k
Net assets
5/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%

Against its field

G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY's revenue grew 44% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve3.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 257 supportive health care 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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$2.1M) Expenses 100 (C$2.0M) Net assets 100 (C$55k)2018 Revenue 130 (C$2.7M) Expenses 131 (C$2.6M) Net assets 165 (C$91k)2019 Revenue 134 (C$2.8M) Expenses 136 (C$2.8M) Net assets 206 (C$114k)2020 Revenue 142 (C$2.9M) Expenses 143 (C$2.9M) Net assets 279 (C$154k)2021 Revenue 150 (C$3.1M) Expenses 134 (C$2.7M) Net assets 994 (C$549k)2022 Revenue 135 (C$2.8M) Expenses 128 (C$2.6M) Net assets 1351 (C$746k)2023 Revenue 139 (C$2.9M) Expenses 145 (C$2.9M) Net assets 1246 (C$688k)2024 Revenue 144 (C$3.0M) Expenses 146 (C$3.0M) Net assets 1425 (C$787k)
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Revenue (144)Expenses (146)Net assets (1425)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 92% · 2018 92% · 2019 94% · 2020 97% · 2021 94% · 2022 98% · 2023 96% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

16% of G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 220 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$43k
’17
C$36k
’18
C$23k
’19
C$40k
’20
C$395k
’21
C$197k
’22
−C$58k
’23
C$8k
’24
3.2
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 6 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell C$22k → C$1k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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total
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$40k
The Calgary Foundationunclassified
C$2k
PayPal Giving Fund Canadaunclassified
C$800
funders
6
3
6
6
4
3
2
2

From the CRA filings of G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 9 of 10 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

G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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 G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY.

46%
largest funder
86%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 51% · 2019 61% · 2020 79% · 2021 67% · 2022 53% · 2023 74% — 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

50% of G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY draws 51% of its grant income from funders outside Alberta, across 3 regions in all.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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Alberta out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

03Its place in the field

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 10 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

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 G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$2.8M
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  • 94% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY 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

Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (The Grit Program) Society of Edmonton85%Inclusion Alberta Society75%Even Start for Children Society of Calgary74%Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary74%Calgary Quest Children's Society73%Society for Autism Support and Services (Calgary Region)72%Community Options-A Society for Children and Families71%Evenstart For Children Foundation of Calgary71%

Nationally

Getting Ready for Inclusion Today (The Grit Program) Society of Edmonton85%Inclusion Alberta Society75%Even Start for Children Society of Calgary74%Developmental Disabilities Resource Centre of Calgary74%Calgary Quest Children's Society73%Society for Autism Support and Services (Calgary Region)72%Community Options-A Society for Children and Families71%Evenstart For Children Foundation of Calgary71%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Governance

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board members

Questions and answers

Who funds G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY?
G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 10 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$87,075 to it, the largest being CANADAHELPS CANADON (C$40,147). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 10 organizations giving C$87,075 in grants to G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY?
CANADAHELPS CANADON is the largest funder on record, with C$40,147 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like G R I T (GETTING READY FOR INCLUSION TODAY) CALGARY SOCIETY find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.

Play a game about who funds G R I T (Getting Ready for Inclusion Today) Calgary Society →

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