Alberta · Registered charity
THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION
THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$80,679 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION's revenue fell 100% between 2017 and 2021.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,343 foundations nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
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.
- House of Prayer Edmonton Societylocal
- Yunnan Foundationportfolio match
- Fondation Amelia & Lino Saputo Amelia & Lino Saputo Founda tionportfolio 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.
100% of THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell C$31k → C$144.
Left out of every figure on this page: C$5k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Mark Mercier Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION raised.
From the CRA filings of THE MARK MERCIER 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
THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 63% · 2019 85% · 2021 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.
Where its funders are
74% of THE MARK MERCIER 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$21k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$60k 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 6 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- House of Prayer Edmonton SocietylocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Yunnan Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Amelia & Lino Saputo Amelia & Lino Saputo Founda tionportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Wood Family Foundation / Fondation Famille Woodportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The SITN Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- College Lavalportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Velan Foundation / La fondation Velanportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- La Fondation J & Ac the J & Ac Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Simple Plan / Simple Plan Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Fondation Guy Laliberteportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- MI Corazon Foundation / Fondation MI Corazonportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Barry F. Lorenzetti 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 THE MARK MERCIER 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION?
- THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$80,679 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$80,679 in grants to THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION?
- THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARK MERCIER FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.
These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 6 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