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THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION

THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 28 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,509,322 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$5,458,958). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$1.9M
Revenue FY2024
28
Funders on record
C$6.5M
Grants received
C$1.6M
Net assets
21/28 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 50%

Against its field

THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 380 arts nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve9.8mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 380 arts 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$1.6M) Expenses 100 (C$1.4M) Net assets 100 (C$355k)2018 Revenue 123 (C$2.0M) Expenses 152 (C$2.2M) Net assets 50 (C$178k)2019 Revenue 99 (C$1.6M) Expenses 104 (C$1.5M) Net assets 78 (C$275k)2020 Revenue 93 (C$1.5M) Expenses 80 (C$1.1M) Net assets 178 (C$630k)2021 Revenue 108 (C$1.7M) Expenses 86 (C$1.2M) Net assets 322 (C$1.1M)2022 Revenue 146 (C$2.3M) Expenses 161 (C$2.3M) Net assets 334 (C$1.2M)2023 Revenue 130 (C$2.1M) Expenses 122 (C$1.7M) Net assets 432 (C$1.5M)2024 Revenue 116 (C$1.9M) Expenses 136 (C$1.9M) Net assets 443 (C$1.6M)
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Revenue (116)Expenses (136)Net assets (443)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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 16% · 2018 7% · 2019 15% · 2020 22% · 2021 14% · 2022 12% · 2023 8% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

37% of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 361 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$178k
’17
−C$183k
’18
C$97k
’19
C$355k
’20
C$513k
’21
C$40k
’22
C$349k
’23
−C$78k
’24
9.8
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose C$588k → C$1.1M.

From the CRA filings of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION’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

THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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 THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION.

84%
largest funder
90%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 88% · 2019 92% · 2020 80% · 2021 84% · 2022 80% · 2023 81% — 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

61% of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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

90% of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Alberta funders.

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. C$51k 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.

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 28 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 THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION reports

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

FY2024C$98k
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  • 5% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION

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

04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

60% of spending goes to programs.

Program 60%Management 35%Fundraising 5%

Governance

12
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION?
THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 28 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,509,322 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$5,458,958). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 28 organizations giving C$6,509,322 in grants to THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION?
THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$5,458,958 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION 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 28 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