Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 118933290RR0001 · Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($871,912) as filed with the CRA.
Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under arts. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $833K in revenue and $872K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 63% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $73K.
Compared with 355 arts institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $40,000–79,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 3 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $100 in 2024, the largest being $100 to Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $508K in 2020 to $833K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The friends plan and execute educational and cultural programming which advances an appreciation of ukrainian canadian heritage of east central alberta operate services at the ukrainian cultural heritage village and raise funds to ensure the uchv can complete its mandate. Some of the cultural programming that the friends society provides are: week long summer day camps for children ukrainian village music fest some of what the friends society offers include: historical interpreters who portray the lives of the original inhabitants of the houses farmsteads and business that populate the villa…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $833K | $872K | $765K | — | — | $495K |
| 2023 | $902K | $912K | $869K | — | — | $577K |
| 2022 | $657K | $688K | $640K | $8,734 | — | $586K |
| 2021 | $646K | $510K | $471K | $3,077 | $100 | $617K |
| 2020 | $508K | $391K | $356K | $700 | — | $481K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $100 to 1 qualified donee:
- Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation$100
Received $73K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- $1–39,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions3
- Total compensation, all staff$638K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Iris Hewko (director); Gail Fenton (president); Alexandra Lazaruik (vice president); Lesia Levytsky (director); Tanisha Ayotte (secretary); Chris Luchak (director); Jeremy Haluchak (director); Rena Hancuk (director); TJ Fenton (director); Sylvia Mak (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Friends of the Ukrainian Village Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118933290RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.