Estonian Relief Committee in Canada
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 101690436RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,245,982) as filed with the CRA.
Estonian Relief Committee in Canada is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $6.1M in revenue and $6.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 45% from government. In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $307K.
Compared with 1,125 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 83% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 43 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Estonian relief committee (erc) in canada is a canada-wide estonian aid organization. Its objective is to draw together estonians and their organizations in canada to provide aid for benefit of the estonian community give or organize aid to needy estonians and to establish and maintain or support children's summer camp nursing and retirement homes and other social service and community organizations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.1M | $6.2M | $6M | — | $2,000 | $2.5M |
| 2023 | $5.9M | $6M | $5.7M | — | $2,000 | $2.7M |
| 2022 | $5.8M | $5.8M | $5.5M | — | $10K | $1.7M |
| 2021 | $6.2M | $6.2M | $6.1M | — | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $6.1M | $6.2M | $6.2M | — | — | $1.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $307K from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- $40,000–79,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions43
- Total compensation, all staff$4.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pia Hess (director); Allan Meiusi (chair); Tiina Tamm (vice treasurer); Epp Aruja (treasurer); Allan Eistrat (director); Kristiina Valter (vice chair); Piret Komi (director); Tiina Maripuu (secretary); Mihkel Jurima (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Estonian Relief Committee in Canada’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 101690436RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.