Crafting for a Cure
Publicly funded institution · Thornhill, Ontario · BN 815309414RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($260,040) as filed with the CRA.
Crafting for a Cure is a public foundation based in Thornhill, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $135K in revenue and $260K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 67% from donations. In 2024, 7 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $9,960.
Compared with 1,540 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 14% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 38 qualified donees totalling $78K in 2024, the largest being $5,246 to St. Boniface Hospital Foundation Inc.. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $49K in 2020 to $135K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Committed to crafting & creating breathing space: by purchasing products & donations we create and supply craft kids that are used in: er dept clinics or-pre& post in-patient and youth & adolescent mental health depts. Smiles for all - our ballerina program: they were dancing in hospitals bedside visits hall visits or waiting areas & emergency dept. After each performance they give a gift toys stuffed animals craft-kits. University clubs - in 2024 we had 4 clubs in ontario. They spread awareness create & deliver kits to their local hospitals and mental health facilities
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $135K | $260K | $81K | $63K | $79K | $16K |
| 2023 | $98K | $221K | $81K | $39K | $73K | $28K |
| 2022 | $69K | $266K | $113K | $9,631 | $113K | $29K |
| 2021 | $39K | $227K | $19K | $2,764 | $92K | $46K |
| 2020 | $49K | $199K | $85K | $900 | $93K | $30K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $78K to 38 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- St. Boniface Hospital Foundation Inc.$5,246
- Health Sciences Centre Foundation Inc.$5,246
- Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre (AHRN-NU)$3,746
- The Brandon Regional Health Centre Foundation Incorporated$3,746
- Sainte-Justine UHC Foundation$3,746
- Markham Stouffville Hospital Foundation$3,746
- Humber River Health Foundation$3,746
- Toronto East Health Network Foundation$3,746
- Scarborough Health Network Foundation$3,746
- Trillium Health Partners Foundation$3,246
- Niagara Health System$2,500
- Yukon Hospital Foundation$2,000
- Stanton Territorial Hospital Foundation$2,000
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$2,000
- Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation$1,500
- Fondation Chudumont Foundation Inc.$1,500
- The Jim Pattison Foundation$1,500
- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation$1,500
- Hospitals of Regina Foundation Inc.$1,500
- Fondation du CHU de Québec$1,200
- The Janeway Children's Hospital Foundation$1,200
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$1,200
- Friends of the Moncton Hospital Foundation Inc.$1,200
- Queen Elizabeth Hospital Foundation Inc.$1,200
- Gimli District Health Auxiliary to the Gimli Community Health Centre$1,200
Received $9,960 from 7 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$9,146
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sharina Soriano (director); Teresa Trozzo (director); Yakov Bielak (director); Pamela Bielak (president).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Crafting for a Cure’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 815309414RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.