Chair of Estonian Studies Foundation
Public foundation · Northyork, Ontario · BN 118849074RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,647) as filed with the CRA.
Chair of Estonian Studies Foundation is a public foundation based in Northyork, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $13K in revenue and $19K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from donations.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 16% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $10K in 2024, the largest being $10K to The Governing Council of the University of Toronto. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $30K in 2020 to $13K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The primary purpose of the charity is to maintain a chair of estonian studies at the university of toronto and to receive and maintain funds for the endowment of such chair.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $13K | $19K | — | — | $10K | $4,444 |
| 2023 | $48K | $46K | — | — | $40K | $10K |
| 2022 | $31K | $22K | — | — | $20K | $8,529 |
| 2021 | $10K | $44K | — | — | $40K | -$43 |
| 2020 | $30K | $34K | — | — | $30K | $34K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $10K to 1 qualified donee:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Peeter Einola (president); Olev Trass (vice president); Tiit Romet (director); Mihkel Tombak (director); Juri Reimand (director); Jaan Meri (director); Merike Remmel (director); Anita Saar (director); Tarmo Remmel (director); Liis Uuskula-Reimand (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Chair of Estonian Studies Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118849074RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.