Estonian Foundation of Canada
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891452575RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($600,079) as filed with the CRA.
Estonian Foundation of Canada is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.1M in revenue and $600K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 16% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $25K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 8% of peers. The charity reported 2 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $29K in 2024, the largest being $10K to Canada-Ukraine Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $3.8M in 2020 to $1.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
The estonian foundation supports estonian cultural and heritage programs and initiatives across canada through charitable activities such as advancing education through language history and cultural programs academic scholarships and the arts. Charitable activities also include the advancement of religious activities of estonian congregations in canada and promoting the public's understanding and appreciation of estonian contributions to canada's multicultural community.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.1M | $600K | $253K | $35K | $29K | $7.4M |
| 2023 | $1M | $478K | $187K | $36K | $6,039 | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $28K | $658K | $175K | $22K | $91K | $6.4M |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $1.6M | $84K | $35K | $1.2M | $7M |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $327K | $77K | $28K | $10K | $5.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $29K to 6 qualified donees:
Received $25K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Permanent full-time positions2
- Total compensation, all staff$85K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Eva Varangu (president); Mihkel Kutti (director); Raul Sinmae (treasurer); Peeter Poldre (director); Lia Hess (director); Kaili Sermat-Harding (vice president); Maris-Anne Vanaselja (director); Maret Liik (director); Peter Vilde (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Estonian Foundation of Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891452575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.