B.C. Mental Health Foundation
Public foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 892877366RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($27,912) as filed with the CRA.
B.C. Mental Health Foundation is a public foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $119K in revenue and $28K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 23% from donations, 24% from other charities. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $12K.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its reserves, measured in years of spending on hand, sat in the top decile of the group.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $20K in 2024, the largest being $20K to Provincial Health Services Authority. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $41K in 2020 to $119K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 3 names.
In its own words
The british columbia mental health foundation is dedicated to raising awareness and support for mental health and substance use care education and research throughout the province. The bc mental health foundation provide funds to support research education and patient care programs.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $119K | $28K | — | — | $20K | $760K |
| 2023 | $159K | $91K | — | — | $83K | $669K |
| 2022 | $116K | $18K | — | — | — | $601K |
| 2021 | $51K | $6,309 | — | — | — | $503K |
| 2020 | $41K | $6,224 | — | — | — | $459K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $20K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $12K from 11 charities:
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- BenefAction Foundation$2,000
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,570
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$999
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$933
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$543
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$340
- United Way of Calgary and Area$204
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$138
- United Way of Greater Toronto$52
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Byres (director); Michael Lord (director); Susan Wannamaker (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from B.C. Mental Health Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892877366RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.