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THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)

THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) (Alberta) receives grants from 16 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$9,258,141 to it, the largest being CALGARY HOMELESS FOUNDATION (C$8,747,714). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$2.8M
Revenue FY2024
16
Funders on record
C$9.3M
Grants received
C$83k
Net assets
11/16 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 65%

Against its field

THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) has grown faster than three-quarters of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty 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.

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$1.0M) Expenses 100 (C$861k) Net assets 100 (C$322k)2018 Revenue 125 (C$1.3M) Expenses 149 (C$1.3M) Net assets 101 (C$327k)2019 Revenue 184 (C$1.9M) Expenses 219 (C$1.9M) Net assets 105 (C$339k)2020 Revenue 202 (C$2.1M) Expenses 238 (C$2.1M) Net assets 115 (C$371k)2021 Revenue 253 (C$2.6M) Expenses 304 (C$2.6M) Net assets 112 (C$360k)2022 Revenue 281 (C$2.9M) Expenses 347 (C$3.0M) Net assets 83 (C$267k)2023 Revenue 279 (C$2.9M) Expenses 336 (C$2.9M) Net assets 78 (C$251k)2024 Revenue 272 (C$2.8M) Expenses 345 (C$3.0M) Net assets 26 (C$83k)
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Revenue (272)Expenses (345)Net assets (26)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 58% · 2018 41% · 2019 27% · 2020 28% · 2021 31% · 2022 25% · 2023 20% · 2024 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

83% of THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (8% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,313 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$169k
’17
C$5k
’18
C$12k
’19
C$32k
’20
−C$11k
’21
−C$93k
’22
−C$16k
’23
−C$168k
’24
0.7
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 6 funders, grant income rose C$80k → C$1.9M.

Funder
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Calgary Homeless Foundationunclassified
C$8.7M
The Calgary Foundationunclassified
C$227k
Canadahelps Canadonidentity?
C$66k
Nickle Family Foundationunclassified
C$17k
Vancouver Foundationunclassified
C$2k
funders
6
5
10
9
8
8
6
7

From the CRA filings of THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 15 of 16 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 S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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 S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS).

94%
largest funder
98%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 91% · 2019 86% · 2020 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 99% · 2023 95% — 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

50% of THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)'s funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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

99% of THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)'s grant income comes from Alberta funders.

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

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’18
’19
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’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. Your 16 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 S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) reports

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

FY2024C$388k
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23
24
  • 14% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)

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

Shaw Family Foundation67%Shalem Society for Senior Citizens Care67%Shinah House Foundation67%The Par Foundation66%Sheep River Health Trust66%Geshido Foundation66%The Agape Orphanage Foundation65%Alberta People to People HIV AIDS Support Society (Apphass)65%

Nationally

Dr Peter AIDS Foundation71%Hiv/Aids Resources and Community Health71%Stephen Lewis Foundation69%Beth Potter's Home Incorporated69%Fife House Foundation Inc.68%Safehope Home68%Selcare International68%Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention67%
04Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)?
THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) (Alberta) receives grants from 16 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$9,258,141 to it, the largest being CALGARY HOMELESS FOUNDATION (C$8,747,714). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 16 organizations giving C$9,258,141 in grants to THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS), 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS)?
CALGARY HOMELESS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with C$8,747,714 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE S H A R P FOUNDATION (SOCIETY HOUSING AIDS RESTRICTED PERSONS) find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.

Play a game about who funds S H a R P Foundation (Society Housing AIDS Restricted Persons) →

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 16 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