Alberta · Registered charity
THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR
THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR (Alberta) receives grants from 22 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$310,104 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$72,171). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 550 support of religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 support of religion 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.
- Cochrane & Area Victim Services Societylocal
- The Marian Centreportfolio match
- Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus (Canada)portfolio 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.
28% of THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% 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
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose C$12k → C$34k.
From the CRA filings of THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 20 of 22 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 FRANCISCANS - BURSAR has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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 FRANCISCANS - BURSAR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 36% · 2019 69% · 2020 43% · 2021 43% · 2022 52% · 2023 37% — 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 FRANCISCANS - BURSAR's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 91% 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
53% of THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR'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$58k 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 22 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- Cochrane & Area Victim Services SocietylocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- The Marian Centreportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Carmelite Missionary Sisters of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus (Canada)portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- La Corporation archiépiscopale catholique romaine de Saint-Bonifaceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of Toronto in Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Ex Corde Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Catholic Foundation of Manitobaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Archiepiscopal Corporation of Reginaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouverportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pillars Trust Fund inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Les Soeurs de Sainte-Croix Province Sainte-Therese-Sisters of Holy Cross Saint Theresa Provinceportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Totem Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 16 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.
Organizations like THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR?
- THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR (Alberta) receives grants from 22 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$310,104 to it, the largest being THE CALGARY FOUNDATION (C$72,171). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 22 organizations giving C$310,104 in grants to THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR?
- THE CALGARY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$72,171 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FRANCISCANS - BURSAR 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 22 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