The Olzhych Foundation
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 891573545RR0001 · Foundations Advancing Education
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($143,060) as filed with the CRA.
The Olzhych 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 $131K in revenue and $143K in expenditures.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 96% of that peer group.
It reported gifts to 11 qualified donees totalling $110K in 2024, the largest being $20K to The U. N. F. Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $24K in 2020 to $131K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Educational publications scholarships summer camps for children seminars concerts lectures community events books and newspapers for libraries
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $131K | $143K | $27K | $5,000 | $110K | $209K |
| 2023 | $103K | $95K | $27K | $5,200 | $63K | $221K |
| 2022 | $75K | $53K | $16K | $3,200 | $34K | $214K |
| 2021 | $25K | $27K | $9,906 | $400 | $16K | $192K |
| 2020 | $24K | $25K | $13K | $700 | $11K | $193K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $110K to 11 qualified donees:
- The U. N. F. Foundation$20K
- Vesnivka Choir$20K
- Canadian Bandurist Capella Inc$15K
- Ukrainian Canadian Social Services (toronto) Inc.$10K
- The Toronto Symphony$10K
- Ukrainian Music Festival$8,000
- HUMANITE Foundation Canada$7,000
- International Organization of Ukrainian Communities$7,000
- Canadian Ukrainian Immigrant Aid Society$5,000
- The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Ukrainian Opera Association$3,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Pidkowich (president); Olena Andrushchenko (treasurer); Olga Svistoun (director); Nadia Babyuk (director); Mary Pidkowich (director); Olga Lyshchynska (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Olzhych Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891573545RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.