Alberta · Registered charity
THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD
THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$9,460 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL ALBERTA (C$7,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,990 public amenities nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,990 public amenities nonprofits $100k–$1M, 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.
- St Andrew's Presbyterian Churchlocal
- Kimberley Foundationportfolio match
- British Columbia Courthouse Library Societyportfolio 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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 89% · 2018 87% · 2019 88% · 2020 93% · 2021 94% · 2022 91% · 2023 90% · 2024 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD’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. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose C$90 → C$386.
From the CRA filings of THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD’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 TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 84% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — 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.
Where its funders are
74% of THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the C$2k that is directly attributable, 83% of it comes from Alberta funders.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$7k 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 6 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- St Andrew's Presbyterian ChurchlocalAB · funds 4 organizations near you
- Kimberley Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- British Columbia Courthouse Library Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Ontario Genealogical Societyportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St John's Anglican ChurchlocalAB · funds 5 organizations near you
- Westlock Community Thrift Shopportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Lethbridge Community Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Community Foundation of Medicine Hat and Southeastern Albertaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Northwestern Alberta Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The AIMCo Foundation for Financial Educationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Decoda Literacy Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Allard Foundation Ltd.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
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 TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 91% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD
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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD?
- THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD (Alberta) receives grants from 6 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$9,460 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL ALBERTA (C$7,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 6 organizations giving C$9,460 in grants to THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CENTRAL ALBERTA is the largest funder on record, with C$7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE TOWN OF OLDS LIBRARY BOARD 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 6 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