Alberta · Registered charity
MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 37 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,333,520 to it, the largest being CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES (C$337,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty 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.
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fundshared fundersportfolio match
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundationlocal
- Trico 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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 35% · 2018 43% · 2019 32% · 2020 30% · 2021 31% · 2022 19% · 2023 19% · 2024 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
86% of MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF 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. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose C$154k → C$370k.
From the CRA filings of MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 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 MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 25% · 2019 25% · 2020 30% · 2021 33% · 2022 36% · 2023 55% — 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
36% of MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
50% of MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF 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$10k 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 37 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Rotary Club of Calgary - Community Service Fundshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 67 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Harry and Martha Cohen FoundationlocalAB · funds 12 organizations near you
- Trico Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Silver Gummyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Virgin Unite (Canada) Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Stollery Charitable Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Junior League of Calgaryportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Butler Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Calgary Lodge Menorah Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 5 organizations near you
- Sam Ousher Switzer Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 8 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 MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 17% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA?
- MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 37 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,333,520 to it, the largest being CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES (C$337,000). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 37 organizations giving C$2,333,520 in grants to MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA?
- CANADIAN WOMEN'S FOUNDATION / FONDATION CANADIENNE DES FEMMES is the largest funder on record, with C$337,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKING CHANGES EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION 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 37 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