Melissa Thrives Inc.
Private foundation · Clarksburg, Ontario · BN 706474715RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2022-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($61,874) as filed with the CRA.
Melissa Thrives Inc. is a private foundation based in Clarksburg, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2022, it reported $50K in revenue and $62K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 49% from donations, 46% from other charities. In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $268.
Compared with 1,832 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 35% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2022
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50K | $62K | $46K | — | — | -$217K |
| 2021 | $13K | $84K | $60K | — | $0 | -$206K |
| 2020 | $42K | $34K | $9,650 | — | — | $8,117 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $268 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$47K
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2022)
Melissa Idiens (director); Anne-Marie Naccarato (director); Devon Friedman (director); James Daryl Idiens (director); Jim Peters (director).
As listed on its 2022 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Melissa Thrives Inc.’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 706474715RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.