Alberta · Registered charity
THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY
THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$317,802 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$303,365). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
Against its field
THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY's revenue fell 51% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,067 arts 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.
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Rozsa Foundationshared fundersportfolio match
- Royal Alexandra Hospital Employees Charitable Donation Fundlocal
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 22% · 2018 43% · 2019 47% · 2020 69% · 2021 64% · 2022 62% · 2023 46% · 2024 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
19% of THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (11% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose C$29k → C$117k.
From the CRA filings of THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY’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 WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 97% · 2019 97% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY'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$14k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Alberta, across 3 regions.
In-province vs out-of-province, by year
Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$303k 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 7 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.
- The Dianne and Irving Kipnes Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 39 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Rozsa Foundationshared fundersportfolio matchAB · backs 26 organizations that share your funders · its grantees resemble your mission
- Royal Alexandra Hospital Employees Charitable Donation FundlocalAB · funds 10 organizations near you
- Partners in Artportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- St Paul's Foundation (Edmonton)localAB · funds 7 organizations near you
- Audain Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Flanagan Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Stonefields Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bing Thom Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Michelle Koerner Family Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Freybe Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Deux Mille Foundationportfolio 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 WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY reports
Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.
- 56% of FY2024 revenue
- As filed, not traced to an award
Organizations like THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY
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
0% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY?
- THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY (Alberta) receives grants from 7 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$317,802 to it, the largest being THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT (C$303,365). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 7 organizations giving C$317,802 in grants to THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY?
- THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PRIV ACT is the largest funder on record, with C$303,365 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WORKS INTERNATIONAL VISUAL ARTS SOCIETY 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 7 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