Toronto Finnish Language School
Publicly funded institution · Pickering, Ontario · BN 134176155RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($73,699) as filed with the CRA.
Toronto Finnish Language School is a charitable organization based in Pickering, Ontario, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $69K in revenue and $74K in expenditures.
In 2024, 2 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $451.
Compared with 673 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
The charity advances education by providing weekly classes about finnish language and culture for students of all ages mainly children ages 3-18.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $69K | $74K | $72K | — | — | $0 |
| 2023 | $44K | $54K | $53K | — | — | $0 |
| 2022 | $23K | $31K | $30K | — | — | $0 |
| 2021 | $18K | $20K | $20K | — | — | $0 |
| 2020 | $56K | $29K | $29K | — | — | $0 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $451 from 2 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$32K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Pia Kaukoranta Vahabi (president director); Terho Tuononen (director); Taina Suomela (vice president director); Susan Blacquiere (director); Mari Valila (director); Minna Loponen (director); Raija Suomela (secretary director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Toronto Finnish Language School’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134176155RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.