Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Central Region 1991
Publicly funded institution · Red Deer, Alberta · BN 891502148RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,740,399) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Central Region 1991 is a charitable organization based in Red Deer, Alberta, classified by the CRA under core health care. It appears on the charity register the way hospitals, universities, and other publicly funded bodies do — to issue tax receipts — rather than as a donation-driven charity in the usual sense. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $2.7M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government, 9% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $40K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 56% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 78% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 27 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Education: provide information and training on mental health and wellness housing first: on-site support for tenants with previous homelessness support to adult with brain injuries supporting clients with serious mental illness based on intensive case management and assertive approach volunteers: match people with opportunities with fundraising to support local cmha
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.7M | $2.7M | $2.5M | $2,955 | — | $267K |
| 2023 | $2.7M | $2.8M | $2.4M | $43K | — | $325K |
| 2022 | $3M | $3M | $2.7M | $63K | — | $312K |
| 2021 | $3.2M | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2,059 | — | $369K |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $2.9M | $5,447 | $8,284 | $329K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $40K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions27
- Total compensation, all staff$2.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2023)
Lynne Mulder (chair); Beth Calihoo (vice chair finance); Mary Gardiner (board member); Tom Olson (vice chair social advocacy); Meagan Parisian (board member); Brandi Heather (board member); Julia Harvie-Shemko (board member); Joe Rattan (board member); Dieulita Datus-Hall (board member).
As listed on its 2023 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Central Region 1991’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891502148RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.