Alberta · Registered charity
THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION
THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 28 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,509,322 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$5,458,958). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- C$1.9M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- C$6.5M
- Net assets
- C$1.6M
What The Esther Honens International Piano Competition Foundation does
Ongoing programs
Present the triennial honens prize for piano at the honens international piano competition. Present an annual festival of piano in calgary. Provide career development and support for the laureate of the 2021 competition and laureates of past competitions. Present master classes to pianists age 30 and under. Present community engagement programs in the form of community and school concerts and free outdoor concerts.
As stated on its FY2023 T3010.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from C$943k to C$1.5M (+61%).
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 16% · 2018 7% · 2019 15% · 2020 22% · 2021 14% · 2022 12% · 2023 8% · 2024 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
37% of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (10% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose C$588k → C$1.1M.
From the CRA filings of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 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 ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 90%; 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 ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 88% · 2019 92% · 2020 80% · 2021 84% · 2022 80% · 2023 81% — 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
61% of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
90% of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION'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$51k 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.
Against its field
THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 380 arts nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 380 arts nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government revenue THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 5% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION 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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION?
- THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 28 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$6,509,322 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$5,458,958). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 28 organizations giving C$6,509,322 in grants to THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION?
- THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$5,458,958 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ESTHER HONENS INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION FOUNDATION 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 28 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 October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register