Zoryan Institute of Canada Inc.
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119309813RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($373,106) as filed with the CRA.
Zoryan Institute of Canada Inc. is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $94K in revenue and $373K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from donations. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $23K.
Compared with 3,624 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $429K in 2020 to $94K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
1. Research interviewing recording editing and producing the 'dispersion' podcast (season 3 dispersion live event and season 4 (research)) 2. Publication of genocide studies international published by the university of toronto press a. Gsi 15.2 published february 2024 b. Editorial work on education special issue (eventually published in july 2025) c. Editorial work on erasure and revitalization of indigenous language and cultures special issue (to be published in fall 2025) d. Editors meeting (november 2024 in toronto) 3. Publication of diaspora: a journal transnational studies published b…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $94K | $373K | $249K | — | — | -$346K |
| 2023 | $250K | $312K | $184K | — | — | -$67K |
| 2022 | $307K | $277K | $186K | — | — | -$4,764 |
| 2021 | $137K | $297K | $200K | $741 | — | -$35K |
| 2020 | $429K | $321K | $230K | — | — | $126K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $23K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$208K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kourken Sarkissian (president & director); George Shirinian (executive director); Rouben Adalian (director); Diran Avedian (director); Arsinee Khanijian (director); Federico Gaitan Hairabedian (director); Armen Yeganian (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Zoryan Institute of Canada Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119309813RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.