Alberta · Registered charity
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 41 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,187,556 to it, the largest being Honda Canada Foundation (C$207,910). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,163 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,163 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2019
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 funderslocal
- Avery Linton Legacy Foundationportfolio match
- Aecon Transportation West Ltd. Employee Charitable Foundationportfolio 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.
73% of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (8% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base narrowed from 23 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell C$194k → C$15k.
From the CRA filings of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 21% · 2018 26% · 2019 29% · 2020 49% · 2021 70% · 2022 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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 FY2022, 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
56% of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA'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$231k 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.
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 41 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 53 organizations that share your funders · funds 2 organizations near you
- Avery Linton Legacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Aecon Transportation West Ltd. Employee Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Buchans Lions Clubportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Cam & Dawn Allard Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Yuill Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wolfe Pack Warriors Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- McCoy Family Charity Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- William & Florence Lede Family Foundationshared fundersAB · backs 26 organizations that share your funders
- Edmonton Realtors' Charitable Foundationshared fundersAB · backs 47 organizations that share your funders
- The Stollery Charitable Foundationshared fundersAB · backs 80 organizations that share your funders
- Melton Foundationshared fundersAB · backs 48 organizations that share your funders
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 MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA?
- MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 41 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,187,556 to it, the largest being Honda Canada Foundation (C$207,910). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 41 organizations giving C$1,187,556 in grants to MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN ALBERTA?
- Honda Canada Foundation is the largest funder on record, with C$207,910 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF NORTHERN 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), and the filings of 41 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