Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 122013139RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,034,803) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region is a charitable organization based in Calgary, 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 $10.5M in revenue and $12M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 13% from donations, 71% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 34 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 3% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 131 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
Supported living programs in group homes and apartment complexes for people with mental illnesses. Independent living support included bereavement counselling and group support support programs for families of those suffering from mental illness challenges. Peer Support programs including a peer support hotline for real-time support for those in need and a welcome center that connects to peer and other supports. Recovery college which offers courses on various mental health topics. Also offer a peer school to train individuals in providing peer support.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $10.5M | $12M | $7.3M | $478K | — | -$540K |
| 2023 | $10M | $10M | $7.3M | $403K | — | $954K |
| 2022 | $8.4M | $8.8M | $6.6M | $393K | — | $1.3M |
| 2021 | $8.9M | $8.6M | $7M | $301K | — | $1.7M |
| 2020 | $9.4M | $9.5M | $7.6M | $320K | — | $1.3M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1M from 34 charities:
- United Way of Calgary and Area$300K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$210K
- The Calgary Foundation$103K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$91K
- Aqueduct Foundation$35K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- A Dollar A Day Foundation$25K
- RBC Foundation$24K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$20K
- The Academy of Aging Inc.$20K
- United Way of Calgary and Area$20K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$19K
- BenefAction Foundation$19K
- Caron Education Foundation$15K
- Abundance Canada$13K
- Calgary Flames Foundation$13K
- RBC Foundation$7,500
- Mazon Canada$7,000
- The United Church of Canada Foundation$5,300
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2,353
- Arbor Memorial Foundation$2,000
- Canada Gives$2,000
- United Way of Calgary and Area$1,349
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
- $120,000–159,9993 positions
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions131
- Total compensation, all staff$9.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kerry Brown (president); Heidi Schubert (vice-president); Steve Sproule (director); Michael Trew (past-president); Sandra Umperville (treasurer); Nancy Laird (director); Karim Punja (director); Karlyn Roberts (director); Izunwanne Nwachukwa (director); Chris McNelly (director); Fraser Gordon (director); Karilee Snatenchuk (director); Alfred Han (community member); Rob Harding (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 122013139RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.