Mélanie's Way
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 784846297RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($137,235) as filed with the CRA.
Mélanie's Way is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $102K in revenue and $137K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 11% from donations, 89% from other charities. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $156K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 78% of peers.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Mélanie's way focuses on relieving conditions faced by individuals with metastic or relapsed cancer such as depression or social isolation by providing emotional and psychological support through social and recreational activities. We create unique personalized experiences for those individuals to share with their loved ones; we grant wishes that will create moments of joy for these women and lasting memories for those they will leave behind. Mélanie's way is entirely volunteer-run. Our volunteers provide marketing finance legal and operational support for the organization.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $102K | $137K | $129K | — | — | $220K |
| 2023 | $281K | $194K | $117K | $18K | — | $255K |
| 2022 | $95K | $170K | $158K | $847 | — | $149K |
| 2021 | $107K | $17K | $8,579 | — | — | $224K |
| 2020 | $105K | $18K | $12K | — | — | $134K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $156K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Robert Chalmers (director); Lori Evans (director); Laurie-Ann McGrath (director); Robin Quelhas (director); Amanda Chalmers (director); Abe Goenka (director); Elena Elimova (director).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Mélanie's Way’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 784846297RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.