The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Toronto, Ontario · BN 135562411RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-11-30. Split of total expenditures ($27,221,934) as filed with the CRA.
The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending November 30, 2024, it reported $14.2M in revenue and $27.2M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1,240.
Compared with 380 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 79% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 20 qualified donees totalling $26.5M in 2024, the largest being $12.2M to UHN Foundation. Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $24.4M in 2020 to $14.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 4 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundaton is to receive and maintain a fund or funds and to apply the principal and income thereon to registered charities or to qualified donees that are universities outside of canada. During the year the foundation has carried on activities that are necessary to achieve these objectives.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.2M | $27.2M | — | — | $26.5M | $229.6M |
| 2023 | $20.3M | $19.9M | — | — | $19.3M | $223.6M |
| 2022 | $8.5M | $18.4M | — | — | $18.1M | $215.4M |
| 2021 | $28.9M | $28.4M | — | — | $27.7M | $225.5M |
| 2020 | $24.4M | $18.5M | — | — | $18.3M | $236.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $26.5M to 20 qualified donees:
- UHN Foundation$12.2M
- Technion - Israel Institute of Technology$6M
- The Governing Council of the University of Toronto$4.5M
- Cheyne Munk Beys Charitable Foundation$2.5M
- Aurea Foundation$800K
- The Governors of ST. Francis Xavier University$250K
- The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award Foundation (Canada)$86K
- Royal Ontario Museum$60K
- The Canadian Lyford Cay Foundation$50K
- The Giller Foundation$25K
- Grace Church-ON-The-Hill$15K
- The George R. Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art$12K
- Georgian Bay Forever$10K
- The Macdonald-Laurier Institute$10K
- Israel Museums and Arts Canada$5,000
- Doctors Without Borders Canada / Medecins Sans Frontieresca Nada$5,000
- Amref Health Africa in Canada$5,000
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$2,500
- The Maestro Foundation for Music & Arts Advancement$2,500
- HR Canada Charitable Organization$1,000
Received $1,240 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Melanie Munk (chair pres & director); Colin Chapin (director); Frank Penny (sec. treas & director); David Steele (vice chairman & director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 135562411RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.