Polonia Foundation in Alberta
Public foundation · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 899779441RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($37,671) as filed with the CRA.
Polonia Foundation in Alberta is a public foundation based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under foundations advancing education. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $62K in revenue and $38K in expenditures.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $100.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 72% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 3 qualified donees totalling $16K in 2024, the largest being $10K to The Charitable Foundation of the Canadian Polish Congress. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $39K in 2020 to $62K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The hedinger family scholarship is administrated by the polonia foundation in alberta. The foundation may award scholarships annually to full-time students in their third and fourth year of undergraduated study at uofa and uofc. Additionally the foundation presents grants in support of the success at polish community organizations which nurture the polish language culture and traditions
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $62K | $38K | $640 | — | $37K | $971K |
| 2023 | $57K | $36K | — | $3,066 | $29K | $851K |
| 2022 | $38K | $59K | $5,000 | $25 | $53K | $886K |
| 2021 | $32K | $34K | $25K | $2,445 | $4,000 | $860K |
| 2020 | $39K | $5,592 | $2,000 | — | — | $712K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $16K to 3 qualified donees:
Received $100 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
William Chodkiewicz (president); Tony Muszynski (vice president); John Tomczak (treasurer); Andrew Holko (secretary); Anthony Kowalczewski (director); Martin Ignasiak (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Polonia Foundation in Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 899779441RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.