Alberta · Registered charity
THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION
THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$10,816 to it, the largest being HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SOUTHERN ALBERTA SOCIETY (C$5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,747 foundations nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,747 foundations 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 Cardinal Foundationlocalportfolio match
- High River Alliance Churchlocal
- Red River College Polytechnicportfolio 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.
2% of THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% 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 held at 1 funder, grant income rose C$532 → C$637.
From the CRA filings of THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION’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 WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 73% · 2022 91% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
59% of THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES 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. 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.
- The Cardinal Foundationlocalportfolio matchMB · funds 2 organizations near you · its grantees resemble your mission
- High River Alliance ChurchlocalAB · funds 5 organizations near you
- Red River College Polytechnicportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Platinum Jets Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Pkm Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- T.J. Rice Family Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Suncor Energy Foundation/Fondation Suncor Energieportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Bouchier Family Charitable Trustportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Price Family Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Counselling Foundation of Canadaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Paul Albrechtsen Foundation Inc.portfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Joshua Foundation Incportfolio 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.
Organizations like THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Questions and answers
- Who funds THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION?
- THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION (Alberta) receives grants from 4 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$10,816 to it, the largest being HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SOUTHERN ALBERTA SOCIETY (C$5,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION have?
- Canada Revenue Agency filings report 4 organizations giving C$10,816 in grants to THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION?
- HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SOUTHERN ALBERTA SOCIETY is the largest funder on record, with C$5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WESTERN COMMUNITIES 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 4 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