Alberta · Registered charity
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 8 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$336,983 to it, the largest being THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF CANADA (C$286,114). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,881 community resource nonprofits $100k–$1M, 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 funderslocalportfolio match
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared funders
- Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Assoportfolio 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 55% · 2018 24% · 2019 37% · 2020 62% · 2021 45% · 2022 26% · 2023 33% · 2024 43%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose C$37k → C$40k.
From the CRA filings of THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 8 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
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 64% · 2019 80% · 2020 95% · 2021 93% · 2022 96% · 2023 89% — 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
THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA draws 97% of its grant income from funders outside Alberta, across 2 regions in all.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$5k 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 8 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared funderslocalportfolio matchAB · backs 46 organizations that share your funders · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared fundersAB · backs 39 organizations that share your funders
- Pirie Foundation Non-Profit Priv Assoportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Shaw Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Gwyn Morgan and Patricia Trottier Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Central Albertaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brawn Family Foundation.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Smith and Vanstokkom Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hunter Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Westman Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cenovus Employee Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Flanagan 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 THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 43% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA
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
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA?
- THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 8 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$336,983 to it, the largest being THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF CANADA (C$286,114). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 8 organizations giving C$336,983 in grants to THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA?
- THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF CANADA is the largest funder on record, with C$286,114 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JOHN HOWARD SOCIETY OF ALBERTA 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 8 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