Alberta · Registered charity
LUNCHBOX THEATRE
LUNCHBOX THEATRE (Alberta) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$569,979 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$219,670). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
LUNCHBOX THEATRE is better cushioned than half of the 1,067 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 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 Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family Foundationlocal
- Kingfisher Foundationportfolio match
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio 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 34% · 2018 34% · 2019 31% · 2020 34% · 2021 81% · 2022 51% · 2023 39% · 2024 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of LUNCHBOX THEATRE’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. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose C$39k → C$70k.
From the CRA filings of LUNCHBOX THEATRE’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
LUNCHBOX THEATRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 65%; 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 LUNCHBOX THEATRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 35% · 2019 41% · 2020 77% · 2021 42% · 2022 43% · 2023 16% — 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
64% of LUNCHBOX THEATRE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 72% 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
78% of LUNCHBOX THEATRE'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$31k 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 18 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Jeffrey and Marilyn McCaig Family FoundationlocalAB · funds 11 organizations near you
- Kingfisher Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ontario Arts Foundation/Fondation Des Arts de L'Ontarioportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Unitarian Church of CalgarylocalAB · funds 6 organizations near you
- Good Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Lawrence Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Bulmash-Siegel Private Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Youssef-Warren Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pitblado Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Manitoba Arts Councilportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Craig Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Prabhudas and Vijya Ruparell Family FoundationlocalAB · funds 5 organizations near you
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 LUNCHBOX THEATRE reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 35% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like LUNCHBOX THEATRE
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
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds LUNCHBOX THEATRE?
- LUNCHBOX THEATRE (Alberta) receives grants from 18 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$569,979 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$219,670). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LUNCHBOX THEATRE have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 18 organizations giving C$569,979 in grants to LUNCHBOX THEATRE, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LUNCHBOX THEATRE?
- THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$219,670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LUNCHBOX THEATRE 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 18 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