Alberta · Registered charity
RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA
RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$373,175 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$185,723). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA's revenue grew 47% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,075 support of schools and education 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.
- Alberta Conservation Associationshared fundersportfolio match
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Universal Educational Institute of Canadalocal
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 9% · 2018 21% · 2019 38% · 2020 48% · 2021 23% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (40% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell C$11k → C$2k.
From the CRA filings of RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA’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
RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 66% · 2019 84% · 2020 69% · 2021 47% · 2022 57% · 2023 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
51% of RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA'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$182k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$191k 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.
- Alberta Conservation Associationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 15 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- The Alberta Ecotrust Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 14 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Universal Educational Institute of CanadalocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- The Edmonton Jewish Community Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- Ducks Unlimited Canada/Canards Illimites Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- World Wildlife Fund Canada Fonds Mondial Pour la Nature Can Adaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pacific Salmon Foundation/Fondation Du Saumon Du Pacifiqueportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Canadian Wildlife Federation/Fédération Canadienne de la Fauneportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Green Communities Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Small Change Fundportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Nature Canada / Canada Natureportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Sitka 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.
Government revenue RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 10% of FY2022 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE 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.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA?
- RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA (Alberta) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$373,175 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$185,723). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$373,175 in grants to RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA?
- THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$185,723 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RIVERWATCH INSTITUTE 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 7 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