Alberta · Registered charity
THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION
THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 483 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$21,492,041 to it, the largest being SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$2,200,000). 288 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 362 foundations nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 362 foundations 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.
- The Smith and Vanstokkom Foundationlocal
- Harry and Martha Cohen Foundationlocal
- Michelle O'Reilly Foundationlocal
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: 2018 9% · 2019 8% · 2020 7% · 2021 8% · 2022 7% · 2023 5% · 2024 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (56% 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 broadened from 161 funders to 197 funders, grant income rose C$1.2M → C$3.7M.
Left out of every figure on this page: C$18M from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Mustard Seed Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION raised.
From the CRA filings of THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 483 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 MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 10% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 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 MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 16% · 2018 16% · 2019 13% · 2020 13% · 2021 11% · 2022 14% · 2023 27% — 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
39% of THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
74% of THE MUSTARD SEED 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$3.4M 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. Your 483 funders put you well-backed among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Smith and Vanstokkom FoundationlocalAB · funds 10 organizations near you
- Harry and Martha Cohen FoundationlocalAB · funds 20 organizations near you
- Michelle O'Reilly FoundationlocalAB · funds 6 organizations near you
- Calgary Homeless Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 21 organizations that share your funders · funds 12 organizations near you
- Trico Charitable FoundationlocalAB · funds 9 organizations near you
- Prairie Crocus FoundationlocalAB · funds 7 organizations near you
- The Palmer Family Foundationshared funderslocalAB · backs 24 organizations that share your funders · funds 11 organizations near you
- The Calgary Rotary Clubs FoundationlocalAB · funds 6 organizations near you
- Calgary Association of Lifelong LearnerslocalAB · funds 7 organizations near you
- The Burns Memorial Fund for ChildrenlocalAB · funds 9 organizations near you
- Children's Hospital Aid Societyshared funderslocalAB · backs 41 organizations that share your funders · funds 11 organizations near you
- The Anglican Parish of Christ Church Elbow ParklocalAB · funds 5 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.
Government revenue THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 11% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION?
- THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 483 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$21,492,041 to it, the largest being SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION (C$2,200,000). 288 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 483 organizations giving C$21,492,041 in grants to THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION, 288 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION?
- SHAW FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$2,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MUSTARD SEED FOUNDATION 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 483 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