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THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL

THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL (Alberta) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$4,423 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CALGARY AND AREA (C$4,423). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$1k
Revenue FY2024
1
Funders on record
C$4k
Grants received
—
Net assets
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 43%

Against its field

THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin97% · outside the comparable range
Revenue growth (annualized)−30% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,910 support of schools and education nonprofits under $100k, 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$18k) Expenses 100 (C$13k)2018 Revenue 77 (C$14k) Expenses 210 (C$27k)2019 Revenue 11 (C$2k) Expenses 24 (C$3k)2020 Revenue 13 (C$2k) Expenses 0 (C$55)2021 Revenue 13 (C$2k) Expenses 0 (C$55)2022 Revenue 20 (C$4k) Expenses 71 (C$9k)2023 Revenue 16 (C$3k) Expenses 1 (C$97)2024 Revenue 8 (C$1k) Expenses 0 (C$48)
'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Revenue (8)Expenses (0)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: 2019 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,807 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$5k
’17
−C$13k
’18
−C$1k
’19
C$2k
’20
C$2k
’21
−C$5k
’22
C$3k
’23
C$1k
’24
1.1
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose C$642 → C$1k.

Funder
'17
'18
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1
1

From the CRA filings of THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL's grant income comes from Alberta funders.

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

’17
’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
Alberta out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

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 EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL reports

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

FY2019C$2k
  • 100% of FY2019 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL

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

Belgravia Parent Council Society68%St. Catherine Educational Society68%St William Educational Society67%St. John Henry Newman School Education Society67%St Philip Education Society66%Elboya School Fund Raising Society66%Father Whelihan Memorial Scholarship Society66%St Michael Education Society66%

Nationally

Belgravia Parent Council Society68%St. Catherine Educational Society68%Sir William Van Horne Elementary School Parent Advisory Council67%St William Educational Society67%St. John Henry Newman School Education Society67%St Philip Education Society66%Whitney Parent-School Education Fund66%Elboya School Fund Raising Society66%
04Profile & governance

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

Governance

5
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL?
THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL (Alberta) receives grants from 1 organization whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$4,423 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF CALGARY AND AREA (C$4,423). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 1 organization giving C$4,423 in grants to THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL?
UNITED WAY OF CALGARY AND AREA is the largest funder on record, with C$4,423 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY OF FATHER WHELIHAN SCHOOL 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 1 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