Helping Hands for India
Charitable organization · Carlsbad Springs, Ontario · BN 835556911RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($50,623) as filed with the CRA.
Helping Hands for India is a charitable organization based in Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $32K in revenue and $51K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $77K.
Compared with 2,855 poverty-relief charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 74% of peers.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $50K in 2024, the largest being $50K to Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram Trust. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $21K in 2020 to $32K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
Student sponsorship building new schools
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $32K | $51K | — | — | $50K | $54K |
| 2023 | $58K | $60K | $5,272 | — | $52K | $73K |
| 2022 | — | $4,745 | — | — | $4,745 | — |
| 2021 | $58K | $61K | — | — | $60K | $59K |
| 2020 | $21K | $5,438 | — | — | — | $62K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $50K to 1 qualified donee:
- Anand Prakash Yoga Ashram Trust$50K
Received $77K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Charlebois (treasurer/director); Alison Francis (president/director); Kathy Noel (director); Stuart Loewen (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Helping Hands for India’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 835556911RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.