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Funding Loops

A funding loop is when public grant or donation money flows in a cycle between related charities, potentially amplifying perceived activity or obscuring the ultimate beneficiary. Many cycles are structurally normal (e.g. parent↔foundation pairs); the page surfaces the longer or non-obvious ones for review.

What this page shows now
Charity-to-charity transfer cycles drawn from CRA T3010 Schedule 5 data, with Alberta grant recipients folded in via the recipient↔business-number crosswalk.
What is missing to prove more
Stable cross-jurisdiction identifiers for non-charity recipients, and structured beneficial-ownership data that would let cycles be traced through holding companies, not just registered charities.
Why it matters
Circular flows can amplify perceived program activity, obscure attribution, or quietly recycle public money. The charity slice is solvable today; the corporate slice waits on registry data.

I

Headline signals

The biggest detected cycle, and what share of the cycles fit a known structural pattern.

Largest residual cycle · outside known structural patterns

$4.0M

SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC. ↔ Regional Health Authority B/Régie régionale de la santé B

Length
2-node
Total flow
$13.3M

Structural share · known plumbing patterns

88%

88 of 100 detected cycles fit a known structural pattern (parent ↔ foundation, religious umbrella, ethnic federation, donor-advised fund, community foundation network). The remaining 12 are residuals worth a closer look.

9 of 100 cycles include at least one Alberta grant recipient (linked via the spec-056 recipient ↔ business-number crosswalk). Whether the originating dollars were public grants is not visible in T3010 — this flag identifies cycles where the participants are known to have received Alberta grants.

Structural
88
Residual
12
AB-touched
9

II

Detected funding loops

Every detected charity↔charity cycle, classified into one of five known structural patterns or 'other' (residual).

Of 100 detected charity↔charity cycles, 3 donor-advised-fund routing, 5 community-foundation umbrella, 22 religious-umbrella plumbing, 6 ethnic-federation routing, 52 parent ↔ fundraising-foundation pair, and 12 uncategorised (residual). The residual rows are the cycles that don't fit any known structural pattern — those are the ones the page invites you to scrutinise.

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Detected charity↔charity funding cycles ranked by min-edge (bottleneck) amount. Each row is a single cycle of length 2 (reciprocal pair) or 3, sourced from CRA T3010 Schedule 5 qualified-donee transfers. Use the Show evidence disclosure to expand each cycle to its constituent transfer rows.
Reporting year(s)Evidence

WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE ↔ WEST PARK HEALTHCARE CENTRE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 108203209RR0001 ↔ 119295350RR0001

2$11,000,000$36,408,8132024

SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL ↔ SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107974396RR0001 ↔ 889365243RR0001

2$10,308,705$21,076,5672024

FEDERATION CJA ↔ Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal

BN 106702251RR0001 ↔ 118974179RR0001

2$9,615,470$42,444,6692024

UNIVERSITE CONCORDIA ↔ CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY INTER-GENERATIONAL FUND FONDS INTERGÉNÉRATIONNEL DE L'UNIVERSITÉ CONCORDIA

BN 106966591RR0001 ↔ 890800188RR0001

2$9,479,294$26,511,1972024

Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto ↔ UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTOStructural pair

BN 108155797RR0002 ↔ 119276723RR0001

2$6,072,247$40,300,5022024

ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ONTARIO ↔ ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA - SOCIETE ALZHEIMER DU CANADA

BN 118784842RR0001 ↔ 118784925RR0001

2$5,679,656$13,661,1922024

UNION GOSPEL MISSION ↔ UNION GOSPEL MISSION FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 131902348RR0001 ↔ 862851615RR0001

2$4,502,666$10,552,8382024

SAINT JOHN REGIONAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC. ↔ Regional Health Authority B/Régie régionale de la santé B

BN 119132363RR0001 ↔ 809872294RR0001

2$4,000,000$13,291,4892024

VANCOUVER FOUNDATION ↔ COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA

BN 119281640RR0001 ↔ 136535226RR0001

2$3,833,295$25,118,2952024

Association d'entraide Le chaînon inc. ↔ La Fondation le Chaînon / Le Chaînon FoundationStructural pair

BN 102987625RR0001 ↔ 822750030RR0001

2$3,474,538$7,457,0762024

KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY ↔ KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107579633RR0001 ↔ 861562924RR0001

2$3,089,000$6,473,4482024

VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY ↔ VGH & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION

BN 119261048RR0001 ↔ 132173063RR0001

2$2,500,000$53,939,5692024

IGLESIA NI CRISTO ↔ IGLESIA NI CHRISTO (CHURCH OF CHRIST) IN ALBERTA

BN 118966332RR0001 ↔ 892454869RR0001

2$2,089,000$6,694,9852024

LAKEFIELD COLLEGE SCHOOL ↔ LAKEFIELD COLLEGE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107590630RR0001 ↔ 888787066RR0001

2$1,925,337$9,672,7172024

VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY ↔ VANCOUVER ISLAND UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107657678RR0001 ↔ 887333482RR0001

2$1,897,700$4,282,9412024

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ↔ THE GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 108082868RR0001 ↔ 119234748RR0001

2$1,765,000$5,448,1572024

THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ↔ THE TORONTO SYMPHONY FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 105255335RR0001 ↔ 887967248RR0001

2$1,602,220$6,516,8932024

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada → JW Congregation Support / Soutien aux Congrégations des TJ → La Tour de Garde, Société de Bibles et de Traités du Québec → Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada

BN 119288918RR0001 → 810925255RR0001 → 870817384RR0001

3$1,546,603$21,447,3722024

BRENTWOOD COLLEGE ASSOCIATION ↔ BRENTWOOD COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 118817402RR0001 ↔ 866657430RR0001

2$1,500,000$3,050,0002024

UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL ↔ Fondation de l'Université du Québec à MontréalStructural pair

BN 108161159RR0001 ↔ 118921808RR0001

2$1,467,316$9,819,4062024

MOHAWK COLLEGE OF APPLIED ARTS & TECHNOLOGY ↔ THE MOHAWK COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107716029RR0001 ↔ 119245744RR0001

2$1,464,258$4,833,6162024

MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CANADA ↔ MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MANITOBA INC.Structural pair

BN 107690877RR0001 ↔ 107690885RR0001

2$1,375,575$11,552,3462024

MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CANADA ↔ MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (MCC) BRITISH COLUMBIAStructural pair

BN 107690877RR0001 ↔ 107690927RR0001

2$1,350,782$11,974,4542024

NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ↔ NOVA SCOTIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 866279425RR0001 ↔ 887210318RR0001

2$1,202,294$2,968,5082024

THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↔ ROYAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107935413RR0001 ↔ 894763432RR0002

2$1,166,187$4,627,1672024

Fondation de L'Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières ↔ UNIVERSITE DU QUEBEC A TROIS-RIVIERES

BN 119001725RR0002 ↔ 119278927RR0001

2$1,162,984$4,439,3972024

ST. MICHAEL'S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL SOCIETY ↔ Vivat Foundation

BN 108032988RR0001 ↔ 864463922RR0001

2$1,145,409$3,290,0912024

RUNDLE COLLEGE SOCIETY ↔ Rundle College Education FoundationStructural pair

BN 107940892RR0001 ↔ 840087068RR0001

2$1,045,000$2,725,6892024

BEARSPAW CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SOCIETY ↔ Bearspaw Christian School FoundationStructural pair

BN 107478836RR0001 ↔ 803069640RR0001

2$1,033,500$3,596,7042024

The Guthrie Stewart Family Foundation / La Fondation Familiale Guthrie Stewart ↔ AQUEDUCT FOUNDATION

BN 769545955RR0001 ↔ 866087034RR0001

2$1,017,744$2,074,0102024

ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↔ ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITYStructural pair

BN 881174528RR0001 ↔ 899570063RR0001

2$991,818$4,060,8232024

ORCHESTRE SYMPHONIQUE DE MONTREAL/MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↔ Fondation de l'Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

BN 119069524RR0001 ↔ 882081987RR0001

2$989,130$7,207,0582024

COLLÈGE BORÉAL D'ARTS APPLIQUÉS ET DE TECHNOLOGIE ↔ FONDATION DU COLLEGE BOREAL

BN 138795232RR0001 ↔ 887861730RR0001

2$987,126$1,996,0012024

FONDATION ET ALUMNI DE POLYTECHNIQUE MONTREAL ↔ ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL

BN 101835502RR0001 ↔ 107585226RR0001

2$950,000$6,448,3792024

L'Église Adventiste du Septième Jour-Fédération du Québec / Seventh-Day Adventist Church Quebec Conference ↔ SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADAStructural pair

BN 118793074RR0001 ↔ 132202755RR0001

2$914,172$4,121,5472024

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH (BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE) ↔ SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADAStructural pair

BN 118818491RR0001 ↔ 132202755RR0001

2$893,681$10,183,0622024

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA/LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE ↔ CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE - QUEBEC

BN 119246544RR0001 ↔ 875404063RR0001

2$750,696$5,306,7712024

MARITIME CONFERENCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH INC ↔ SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADAStructural pair

BN 107669848RR0020 ↔ 132202755RR0001

2$734,662$1,905,0892024

ROMAN CATHOLIC EPISCOPAL CORPORATION FOR THE DIOCESE OF TORONTO, IN CANADA ↔ SHARELIFE

BN 107910259RR0001 ↔ 130632474RR0001

2$717,955$3,792,9552024

UNITED TALMUD TORAHS OF MONTREAL INCORPORATED → LA FONDATION DES TALMUD TORAHS UNIS DE MONTREAL INC → Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal → UNITED TALMUD TORAHS OF MONTREAL INCORPORATED

BN 108159799RR0001 → 889566972RR0001 → 118974179RR0001

3$704,523$4,022,3222024

HOPE FROM ABOVE MINISTRIES ↔ HAGEMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION

BN 776347890RR0001 ↔ 817023468RR0001

2$662,000$1,539,0002024

Trellis Society for Community Impact ↔ TRELLIS FOUNDATION FOR COMMUNITY IMPACTStructural pair

BN 106804669RR0001 ↔ 119216901RR0001

2$651,340$1,651,3402024

ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA - SOCIETE ALZHEIMER DU CANADA ↔ ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF ALBERTA AND NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

BN 118784925RR0001 ↔ 129690343RR0001

2$601,747$1,676,6652024

HOLLAND COLLEGE ↔ HOLLAND COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC.Structural pair

BN 107485633RR0001 ↔ 118959121RR0001

2$585,347$1,671,3332024

SIR SANDFORD FLEMING COLLEGE APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ↔ FLEMING COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107982845RR0001 ↔ 890087687RR0001

2$556,024$5,068,4882024

THE ARTS CLUB OF VANCOUVER THEATRE SOCIETY ↔ THE ARTS CLUB OF VANCOUVER THEATRE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 119213551RR0001 ↔ 825333347RR0001

2$536,842$1,216,8422024

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH (BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE) ↔ SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH (BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE)Structural pair

BN 118818491RR0001 ↔ 118818491RR0075

2$502,500$1,974,7012024

SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH (BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE) ↔ SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH (BRITISH COLUMBIA CONFERENCE)Structural pair

BN 118818491RR0001 ↔ 118818491RR0004

2$502,500$1,086,5472024

Mifal Hashas Foundation Inc. / Fondation Mifal Hashas Inc. ↔ ROSENBERG FAMILY FOUNDATION / FONDATION DE LA FAMILLE ROSENBERG

BN 118832120RR0001 ↔ 867129942RR0001

2$500,000$3,177,9592024

APPLEBY COLLEGE ↔ THE APPLEBY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 118788579RR0001 ↔ 119212983RR0001

2$484,197$1,789,1972024

ST. MARY'S ACADEMY, INC. ↔ ST. MARY'S ACADEMY FOUNDATION INC.Structural pair

BN 119188027RR0001 ↔ 892344664RR0001

2$480,843$1,090,8432024

RAYMOND JAMES CANADA FOUNDATION → CANADA GIVES → Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds de Bienfaisance Canada → RAYMOND JAMES CANADA FOUNDATION

BN 832173900RR0001 → 833062144RR0001 → 896713500RR0001

3$471,740$3,371,0852024

EASTERN SYNOD OF THE EVANGELICAL LUTHERN CHURCH IN CANADA / SYNODE DE L'EST DE L'EGLISE EVANGELIQUE LUTHERIENNE AU CANADA ↔ Charitus

BN 107273666RR0002 ↔ 830771127RR0001

2$462,200$2,291,2532024

THE PENTECOSTAL ASSEMBLIES OF CANADA/LES ASSEMBLEES DE LA PENTECOTE DU CANADA ↔ RANDOM ACCESS NETWORKS ASSOCIATION

BN 107833295RR0374 ↔ 803838556RR0001

2$460,403$1,342,9092024

ONTARIO CONFERENCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH → ONTARIO CONFERENCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH → SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADA → ONTARIO CONFERENCE OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

BN 107797383RR0002 → 107797383RR0008 → 132202755RR0001

3$457,985$12,530,2592024

REGENT COLLEGE ↔ REGENT COLLEGE 2000 FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 107881039RR0001 ↔ 862502994RR0001

2$413,454$1,646,4292024

MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CANADA ↔ MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE (SASKATCHEWAN)Structural pair

BN 107690877RR0001 ↔ 107690901RR0001

2$379,953$2,411,0172024

CROFTON HOUSE SCHOOL ↔ CROFTON HOUSE SCHOOL FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 118879931RR0001 ↔ 866879034RR0001

2$373,211$948,3792024

LANGARA COLLEGE ↔ LANGARA COLLEGE FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 137477717RR0002 ↔ 829255132RR0001

2$369,070$3,347,4502024

FEDERATION CJA ↔ UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA INC

BN 106702251RR0001 ↔ 134593391RR0001

2$368,835$28,899,3262024

FEDERATION CJA → Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal → UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA INC → FEDERATION CJA

BN 106702251RR0001 → 118974179RR0001 → 134593391RR0001

3$368,835$11,467,0402024

Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal / La Fondation Communautaire Juive de Montréal ↔ GIFTPACT FOUNDATION INC.

BN 118974179RR0001 ↔ 839545803RR0001

2$361,965$861,9652024

THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA ↔ HORSESHOE FALLS REGIONAL COUNCIL - THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADAStructural pair

BN 108102435RR0003 ↔ 118951540RR0001

2$361,536$1,045,8332024

PACIFIC OPERA VICTORIA ASSOCIATION ↔ PACIFIC OPERA VICTORIA FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 119075547RR0001 ↔ 119075554RR0001

2$345,186$1,083,7252024

Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto → Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation / Fonds de Bienfaisance Canada → UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF GREATER TORONTO → Jewish Foundation of Greater Toronto

BN 108155797RR0002 → 896713500RR0001 → 119276723RR0001

3$338,914$7,102,9122024

La Compagnie Jean Duceppe ↔ La fondation Jean DuceppeStructural pair

BN 118988757RR0001 ↔ 119001220RR0001

2$338,050$1,138,0502024

CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION ↔ LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES FOUNDATION

BN 118852482RR0001 ↔ 894781475RR0001

2$337,229$5,525,9902024

HUMAN CONCERN INTERNATIONAL (HCI) ↔ ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA-CANADA (ISNA-CANADA)

BN 107497125RR0001 ↔ 118971886RR0001

2$333,410$2,233,4102024

UNITED ISRAEL APPEAL OF CANADA INC ↔ UNITED JEWISH APPEAL OF CANADA INCStructural pair

BN 134593391RR0001 ↔ 886816727RR0001

2$330,401$763,2572024

Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Canada ↔ La Tour de Garde, Société de Bibles et de Traités du Québec

BN 119288918RR0001 ↔ 870817384RR0001

2$323,309$2,631,0992024

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN CANADA/CONSEIL DE DIRECTION DE L'ARMÉE DU SALUT DU CANADA ↔ THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN CANADA/CONSEIL DE DIRECTION DE L'ARMÉE DU SALUT DU CANADAStructural pair

BN 107951618RR0310 ↔ 107951618RR0454

2$312,877$868,5392024

MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE ALBERTA ↔ MENNONITE CENTRAL COMMITTEE CANADAStructural pair

BN 107690844RR0001 ↔ 107690877RR0001

2$310,316$3,493,1532024

ALBERTA BALLET COMPANY ↔ ALBERTA BALLET FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 118780378RR0001 ↔ 887549194RR0001

2$305,258$924,1192024

SOURCES COMMUNITY RESOURCES SOCIETY ↔ Sources Community Resources FoundationStructural pair

BN 107828360RR0001 ↔ 888728664RR0001

2$300,000$853,3922024

SHERWOOD PARK ALLIANCE CHURCH SOCIETY ↔ SHERWOOD PARK ALLIANCE CHURCH PROPERTY COMPANYStructural pair

BN 832171128RR0001 ↔ 834184160RR0001

2$300,000$696,0002024

CONGREGATION MISSIONNAIRE DE MARIANNHILL ↔ Fondation Dominique Boudreau

BN 118873652RR0001 ↔ 808860472RR0001

2$298,840$1,038,8402024

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN CANADA ↔ SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADORStructural pair

BN 132202755RR0001 ↔ 891464497RR0002

2$292,881$1,303,3902024

THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY ↔ THE WINNIPEG FOUNDATIONStructural pair

BN 105260525RR0001 ↔ 119300960RR0001

2$292,437$2,566,4372024

NORTHWOOD SUPPORT SERVICES INCORPORATED ↔ NORTHWOODCARE GROUP INCORPORATED

BN 801090200RR0001 ↔ 844795088RR0001

2$290,118$7,486,6182024

OUR PLACE FOUNDATION ↔ OUR PLACE SOCIETYStructural pair

BN 717640924RR0001 ↔ 827098344RR0001

2$286,444$1,243,5762024

HORIZONS ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↔ MUSLIM ASSOCIATION OF CANADA

BN 833919244RR0001 ↔ 880495163RR0001

2$285,000$785,0002024

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN CANADA/CONSEIL DE DIRECTION DE L'ARMÉE DU SALUT DU CANADA ↔ THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN CANADA/CONSEIL DE DIRECTION DE L'ARMÉE DU SALUT DU CANADAStructural pair

BN 107951618RR0038 ↔ 107951618RR0060

2$282,756$1,246,4562024

MIFALEI CHAIM BECHESED (MCB) ↔ CANADIAN FRIENDS OF MISHON LA'CHOLEH

BN 854949864RR0001 ↔ 892646969RR0001

2$273,420$692,3392024

OUTDOOR RECREATION COUNCIL OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ↔ VANCOUVER FOUNDATION

BN 119074409RR0001 ↔ 119281640RR0001

2$261,138$10,261,1382024

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY OF CANADA/LA SOCIETE CANADIENNE POUR LA CONSERVATION DE LA NATURE ↔ MANITOBA HABITAT HERITAGE CORPORATION

BN 119246544RR0001 ↔ 126479468RR0001

2$261,096$571,0962024

VERA PERLIN SOCIETY INC ↔ THE VERA PERLIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INCStructural pair

BN 123801011RR0001 ↔ 135807311RR0001

2$260,000$695,0452024

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO ↔ SHARELIFE

BN 106879943RR0001 ↔ 130632474RR0001

2$251,000$11,862,4582024

THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN FOUNDATION ↔ AUTISM SPEAKS CANADA

BN 108084419RR0001 ↔ 869420208RR0001

2$250,000$950,0002024

CAMP MUSICAL PERE LINDSAY INC. ↔ PHILANTHROPIE LANAUDIERE

BN 131309981RR0001 ↔ 863742185RR0001

2$250,000$580,0002024

VANCOUVER FOUNDATION ↔ OSPREY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

BN 119281640RR0001 ↔ 874925928RR0001

2$247,234$860,0502024

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CANADA / MAISON RONALD MCDONALD CANADA ↔ RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO

BN 119123032RR0001 ↔ 119158806RR0001

2$246,496$1,587,6902024

VANCOUVER FOUNDATION → COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA → SQUAMISH COMMUNITY FOUNDATION → VANCOUVER FOUNDATION

BN 119281640RR0001 → 136535226RR0001 → 882548902RR0001

3$246,000$21,786,0002024

ARMENIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE ↔ ARMENIAN ENDOWMENT FUND

BN 118789759RR0001 ↔ 883050775RR0001

2$234,115$591,5802024

VANCOUVER FOUNDATION → COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA → OSPREY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION → VANCOUVER FOUNDATION

BN 119281640RR0001 → 136535226RR0001 → 874925928RR0001

3$233,000$21,765,2342024

THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN CANADA/CONSEIL DE DIRECTION DE L'ARMÉE DU SALUT DU CANADA ↔ THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE SALVATION ARMY IN CANADA/CONSEIL DE DIRECTION DE L'ARMÉE DU SALUT DU CANADAStructural pair

BN 107951618RR0149 ↔ 107951618RR0159

2$231,780$508,7642024

VANCOUVER FOUNDATION → COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS OF CANADA → COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE KOOTENAY ROCKIES → VANCOUVER FOUNDATION

BN 119281640RR0001 → 136535226RR0001 → 888751609RR0001

3$229,736$21,789,8562024

FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LANAUDIERE INC. ↔ FONDATION DU FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LANAUDIERE INC.Structural pair

BN 118914993RR0001 ↔ 814690947RR0001

2$226,110$551,6302024

Tearfund Canada ↔ CANADIAN FOODGRAINS BANK ASSOCIATION INC/ASSOCIATION DE LA BANQUE CANADIENNE DE GRAINS INC.

BN 108222191RR0001 ↔ 118831106RR0001

2$225,000$552,2742024

Communauté Détenteurs Religieux Belza / CDRB / Kehal Machzikei Hadas Belz / KMHB ↔ Kehilas Belz / Regroupement communautaire Belz

BN 748023538RR0001 ↔ 801960303RR0001

2$224,388$581,0382024

ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF NOVA SCOTIA ↔ ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF CANADA - SOCIETE ALZHEIMER DU CANADA

BN 106705379RR0001 ↔ 118784925RR0001

2$220,907$456,8662024

III

Federal vs Alberta · data availability

8 dataset classes that bear on this chapter, federal vs Alberta side-by-side

8 dataset classes · Federal vs Alberta

Federal

Bulk machine-readable
3
Available · no bulk export
0
Gated · account required
0
Partial coverage
1
Not published
4

Alberta

Bulk machine-readable
0
Available · no bulk export
0
Gated · account required
0
Partial coverage
2
Not published
6
  • Charity registry + annual financials
    FederalBulk
    Format
    CRA T3010 List of Charities — bulk CSV (financials, directors, activities)
    Lag
    12–18 months
    License
    Open Government Licence — Canada
    Linkable ID
    BN (Business Number) — stable, registered
    ↗ CRA — List of Charities
    Alberta—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
    Note
    No provincial charity registry; CRA is the sole registrar.
  • Charity ↔ charity transfers (Schedule 5 qualified-donee)
    FederalBulk
    Format
    T3010 Schedule 5 — bulk CSV (donor BN, donee BN, amount, reporting year)
    Lag
    12–18 months
    License
    Open Government Licence — Canada
    Linkable ID
    Donor + donee BN — both stable
    ↗ CRA — T3010 bulk download
    AlbertaPartial
    Format
    Federal Schedule 5 mirrored into ab_spending_api as `charity_qualified_donee_transfer` (donee_resolved subset is the cycle universe surfaced above)
    Lag
    Tracks federal T3010 publication
    License
    Open Government Licence — Canada (derivative)
    Linkable ID
    Donor + donee BN; resolved against the local charity table
    ↗ 2024 List of charities
  • AB grant ↔ CRA BN crosswalk
    Federal—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
    Note
    CRA does not publish a per-province grant↔BN linkage; every researcher rebuilds the join.
    AlbertaPartial
    Format
    `recipient_charity_link` — derived crosswalk between AB grant recipients and CRA charity BNs (deterministic recipient↔business-number linker (spec 056 US2))
    Lag
    Tracks AB grants publication
    License
    Open Government Licence — Alberta (derivative)
    Linkable ID
    recipient_id ↔ charity BN; ingested fact table queryable via ab_spending_api
  • Charity directors
    FederalBulk
    Format
    T3010 Directors/Trustees table — bulk CSV (name, position, term, charity BN)
    Lag
    12–18 months
    License
    Open Government Licence — Canada
    Linkable ID
    Director name + charity BN; no person-id across charities
    ↗ CRA — T3010 bulk download
    Alberta—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
    Note
    No provincial nonprofit-director registry.
  • Same-year / real-time charity financials
    Federal—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
    Note
    T3010 lag is 12–18 months by design; no faster channel exists.
    Alberta—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
  • Beneficial-ownership / trust structures
    Federal—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
    Note
    No federal charity beneficial-ownership registry; trust structures are not published.
    Alberta—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
  • Non-charity nonprofit returns (T1044)
    Federal—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
    Note
    T1044 returns are filed but not published at entity level — non-charity NPO finances are invisible federally.
    Alberta—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —
  • Individual-officer compensation
    FederalPartial
    Format
    T3010 reports the top-10 compensation as banded ranges only (not per-person, not amounts)
    Lag
    12–18 months
    License
    Open Government Licence — Canada
    Linkable ID
    Charity BN only; no person identifier
    Alberta—
    Format
    —
    Lag
    —
    License
    —
    Linkable ID
    —

Legend bulk machine-readable available · no bulk export gated · account required partial coverage not published· click any row for license, lag, ID, source

IV

What open data still can’t answer

4 questions this chapter raises that the public record doesn’t close — index format, no page reference because no page exists

  1. 01

    Same-year / real-time charity financials

    T3010's 12–18 month publication lag means a cycle detected today reflects activity from up to a year and a half ago. Neither jurisdiction publishes a faster channel; concurrent-year analysis is structurally impossible from open data.

  2. 02

    Beneficial-ownership / trust structures

    Cycle detection finds money flowing between registered charities; it cannot see the human beneficiaries behind those charities. Neither side publishes a charity beneficial-ownership registry, so the question "who ultimately controls these connected entities" cannot be answered from open data.

  3. 03

    Non-charity nonprofit (T1044) returns

    Non-charity NPOs file T1044 returns federally but the data is not published at entity level. A cycle that routes through a non-charity intermediary is invisible to this analysis on both sides of the border.

  4. 04

    Mission-text ↔ funded-activity taxonomy

    Both T3010 and AB grants carry free-text mission and program descriptions, but neither publishes a controlled vocabulary that would let a cycle's ultimate purpose be classified or compared across charities.