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THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD

THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD (Alberta) receives grants from 35 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,726,476 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$792,480). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$72M
Revenue FY2024
35
Funders on record
C$3.7M
Grants received
C$52M
Net assets
20/35 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%

Against its field

THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD is better cushioned than half of the 95 public amenities nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve4.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 95 public amenities nonprofits $10M–$100M, 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.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$62M) Expenses 100 (C$60M) Net assets 100 (C$41M)2018 Revenue 106 (C$66M) Expenses 103 (C$62M) Net assets 110 (C$45M)2019 Revenue 98 (C$61M) Expenses 103 (C$62M) Net assets 108 (C$44M)2020 Revenue 98 (C$61M) Expenses 92 (C$55M) Net assets 122 (C$50M)2021 Revenue 99 (C$62M) Expenses 97 (C$58M) Net assets 130 (C$53M)2022 Revenue 106 (C$66M) Expenses 109 (C$66M) Net assets 131 (C$53M)2023 Revenue 112 (C$70M) Expenses 117 (C$70M) Net assets 130 (C$53M)2024 Revenue 115 (C$72M) Expenses 120 (C$72M) Net assets 128 (C$52M)
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Revenue (115)Expenses (120)Net assets (128)Peer revenue range

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 89% · 2020 96% · 2021 97% · 2022 97% · 2023 94% · 2024 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

30% of THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (3% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 89 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$2.2M
’17
C$4.2M
’18
−C$1.1M
’19
C$5.8M
’20
C$3.4M
’21
C$232k
’22
−C$18k
’23
−C$784k
’24
4.6
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 16 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell C$662k → C$236k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
The Muttart Foundationunclassified
C$636k
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$611k
BenefAction Foundationunclassified
C$39k
Allard Foundation Ltd.unclassified
C$2k
Butler Family Foundationunclassified
C$2k
Canada Givesunclassified
C$2k
Aqueduct Foundationunclassified
C$1k
McDougall United Churchunclassified
C$219
Atco Electric Epicunclassified
C$212
funders
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12
13
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From the CRA filings of THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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

THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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 THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD.

21%
largest funder
55%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 30% · 2019 33% · 2020 51% · 2021 39% · 2022 42% · 2023 50% — 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

33% of THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

65% of THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD's grant income comes from Alberta funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’23
Alberta out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$838k 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.

03Its place in the field

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 35 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

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 THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$68M
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  • 95% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD

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

City of Lethbridge Library Board79%The Town of Olds Library Board79%Calgary Public Library Board78%The Town of Stony Plain Library Board78%Strathcona County Library Board78%City of Fort Saskatchewan Library Board77%The Town of Drumheller Library Board76%The Town of High River Library Board76%

Nationally

City of Lethbridge Library Board79%The Town of Olds Library Board79%Calgary Public Library Board78%The Town of Stony Plain Library Board78%Strathcona County Library Board78%City of Fort Saskatchewan Library Board77%The Orillia Public Library Board77%The Town of Drumheller Library Board76%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 10%Fundraising 1%

Governance

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board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD?
THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD (Alberta) receives grants from 35 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$3,726,476 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$792,480). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 35 organizations giving C$3,726,476 in grants to THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD?
THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$792,480 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CITY OF EDMONTON LIBRARY BOARD 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 35 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