Alberta · Registered charity
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,381,905 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$891,054). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 689 education in the arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 689 education in the arts 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 Palmer Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Rozsa Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared 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.
98% of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION’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 held at 3 funders, grant income rose C$155k → C$201k.
From the CRA filings of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS 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
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 65% · 2020 68% · 2021 66% · 2022 67% · 2023 56% — 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
64% of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION'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$491k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$891k 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 4 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Palmer Family Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 19 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rozsa Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 31 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 33 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- La communauté des soeurs de charité de la providencelocalQC · funds 6 organizations near you
- Alberta Music Education Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Council for Business and the Arts in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mitchell Legacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Brawn Family Foundation.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Stonefields Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Manitoba Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Audain 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 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS 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
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION?
- LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,381,905 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$891,054). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$1,381,905 in grants to LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS FOUNDATION?
- THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$891,054 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF ALBERTA ARTS AWARDS 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 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