Alberta · Registered charity
OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY
OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,150,201 to it, the largest being United Way of the Alberta Capital Region (C$1,605,494). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 John H and Marie Koziak Family Foundationlocal
- C.O.L.D. Respiratory Problems Clubportfolio match
- Appleyard 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 59% · 2018 58% · 2019 56% · 2020 56% · 2021 55% · 2022 58% · 2023 54% · 2024 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (8% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 15 funders, grant income fell C$318k → C$63k.
From the CRA filings of OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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 OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 86% · 2019 83% · 2020 80% · 2021 81% · 2022 64% · 2023 30% — 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
28% of OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY'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
92% of OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY'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$116k 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 39 funders put you typical among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The John H and Marie Koziak Family FoundationlocalAB · funds 8 organizations near you
- C.O.L.D. Respiratory Problems Clubportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Appleyard Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Helpage Canada - / Aide Aux Aînes (Canada)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peaceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Jackie Pennock Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Edmonton Civic Employees Charitable Assistance Fundshared fundersAB · backs 61 organizations that share your funders
- The Donald C. Yu FoundationlocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Canada West Military MuseumslocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Lions Club of Edmonton FoundationlocalAB · funds 3 organizations near you
- Alberta Ukrainian Commemorative SocietylocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- Ukrainian Senior Citizens Home of St JohnlocalAB · funds 3 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 OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 57% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY
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 OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY?
- OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 39 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$2,150,201 to it, the largest being United Way of the Alberta Capital Region (C$1,605,494). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 39 organizations giving C$2,150,201 in grants to OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY?
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region is the largest funder on record, with C$1,605,494 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPERATION FRIENDSHIP SENIORS SOCIETY 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 39 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