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Who We Are

The Shevchenko Foundation is a leading nation-wide charitable organization entrusted to preserve, develop, and promote Ukrainian Canadian arts, heritage, community, and education.

Leadership. Stewardship. Partnership.

Exhibit: Sorochky from Borshchiv

Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario

Our Vision: A Canada that acknowledges Ukrainian Canadians as nation-builders and an integral component of Canadian identity.

Our Mission: To strengthen the Ukrainian community in Canada and enrich the Canadian experience with the beauty, passion, and diversity of Ukrainian Canadian culture.

Our Values: The Shevchenko Foundation respects the past, celebrates the present and promotes the future of the Ukrainian community in Canada with the synergy of all stakeholders including grantees, donors, supporters, volunteers, staff, and Board members. The core values of the Shevchenko Foundation are Inclusiveness, integrity, sustainability, spirit, excellence, and innovation.

Our Vision: A Canada that acknowledges Ukrainian Canadians as nation-builders and an integral component of Canadian identity.

Our Mission: To strengthen the Ukrainian community in Canada and enrich the Canadian experience with the beauty, passion, and diversity of Ukrainian Canadian culture.

Our Values: The Shevchenko Foundation respects the past, celebrates the present and promotes the future of the Ukrainian community in Canada with the synergy of all stakeholders including grantees, donors, supporters, volunteers, staff, and Board members. The core values of the Shevchenko Foundation are Inclusiveness, integrity, sustainability, spirit, excellence, and innovation.

Our Principles

Leadership

Shevchenko Foundation is a catalyst for strategic philanthropy that fuels artistic creativity, community development and the evolution of Ukrainian Canadian culture within the Canadian experience.

Stewardship

Shevchenko Foundation nurtures relationships with donors, grantees, and the broader community; responsibly manages the funds entrusted to it; and sustains Ukrainian Canadian cultural heritage as an invaluable asset for future generations.

Partnership

Shevchenko Foundation cultivates partnerships between internal and external stakeholders including grantees, donors, supporters, volunteers, staff, Board members, and audiences, to achieve its vision of a Canada that acknowledges Ukrainian Canadians as nation builders that are integral to the Canadian identity.