Desna Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119260073RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($372,130) as filed with the CRA.
Desna Foundation is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $377K in revenue and $372K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 8% from donations, 45% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $170K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 70% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $18K in 2024, the largest being $18K to Ucrainica Research Institute. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $108K in 2020 to $377K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
Conducted research into the cultural contributions made by canadians by ukrainian descent; promote education and community involvement; promote publication of books periodicals and newspapers enabling canadians to better understand the role that the ukrainian community plays in our canadian society.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $377K | $372K | $324K | — | $18K | $1.7M |
| 2023 | $290K | $245K | $205K | — | $4,800 | $1.7M |
| 2022 | $273K | $790K | $755K | — | $18K | $1.5M |
| 2021 | $183K | $133K | $90K | — | $29K | $2.1M |
| 2020 | $108K | $113K | $103K | — | — | $2M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $18K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $170K from 1 charity:
- Bcu Foundation$170K
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$90K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chrystyna Bidiak (president); Halyna Vynyk (secretary); Roman Medyk (treasurer); Bohdan Leshchyhsen (director); Orest Steciw (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Desna Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119260073RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.