Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 888441995RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($38,143,295) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, 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 $43.6M in revenue and $38.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 70% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 33 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $918K.
Compared with 538 health institutions 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 $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 130 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 9 qualified donees totalling $14K in 2024, the largest being $2,199 to Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser Branch. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $10.5M in 2020 to $43.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 2 names.
In its own words
CMHA BC Division strives to develop and provide quality services and supports for those living with mental illness and/or addiction and promote mental health for all British Columbians. As a provincial organization we (a) deliver mental health and substance use training and educational programs via publications workshops and innovative projects; (b) conduct mental health and substance use public policy dialogue and development; (c) provide information referral and system navigation; and (d) offer direct supported self-management programs. In addition we partner with a federation of 14 se…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $43.6M | $38.1M | $34.2M | $295K | $14K | $7.8M |
| 2023 | $23.9M | $23.8M | $20.5M | $299K | $18K | $2.4M |
| 2022 | $20.8M | $20.6M | $18.3M | $236K | $8,476 | $2.8M |
| 2021 | $16.6M | $15.8M | $13.9M | $181K | $22K | $2.6M |
| 2020 | $10.5M | $11.1M | $8.9M | $188K | $19K | $1.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $14K to 9 qualified donees:
- Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser Branch$2,199
- Canadian Mental Health Association Cowichan Valley Branch 1992$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna and District Branch$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association MID Island Branch$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association Port Alberni Branch$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association of Northern BC$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association Vernon and District Branch$1,535
- Canadian Mental Health Association - Cariboo Chilcotin Branch$1,535
Received $918K from 33 charities:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$228K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$200K
- Vancouver Foundation$114K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$71K
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$57K
- The Margaret Roche-Heywood Foundation$51K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadahelps Canadon$39K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$23K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- The Victoria Foundation$17K
- Sutherland Foundation Inc$15K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$8,907
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$5,500
- Kaatza Foundation$5,000
- Rogers' Family Charitable Trust$5,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$5,000
- Alan and Doreen Thompson Charitable Foundation Inc.$3,000
- Purkids Charitable Foundation$2,698
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$1,716
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$1,246
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,194
- BenefAction Foundation$1,124
- The Calgary Foundation$1,000
- Mago Charitable Foundation$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions130
- Total compensation, all staff$12.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jenna Schonke (director); Shaughn Davoren (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 888441995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.