Canadian Mental Health Association Cowichan Valley Branch 1992
Publicly funded institution · Duncan, British Columbia · BN 139905772RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,940,268) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Cowichan Valley Branch 1992 is a charitable organization based in Duncan, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 $4.7M in revenue and $4.9M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 74% from government, 13% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $114K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 26 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Child and youth programs including: sexual abuse intervention family capacity program youth centre drop in/programs lil counselling outreach rainbows extreme weather response comm. Action initiative. Community education including: imformation sessions around mental health issues malahat girls' programs. Mental health advocate: provides assistance with paperwork applications disability forms etc. And bounceback phone coaching program sobering & assessment centre.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4.7M | $4.9M | $4M | $3,107 | — | $656K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.8M | $3.3M | $12K | — | $512K |
| 2022 | $3.8M | $3.8M | $3.3M | $8,815 | — | $383K |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.9M | $4.4M | $3,756 | — | $131K |
| 2020 | $3.9M | $4M | $3.5M | $32K | — | -$120K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $114K from 14 charities:
- Blue Sea Philanthropy Inc.$48K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$19K
- Canadian Women's Foundation$19K
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (british Columbia Conference)$10K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$7,596
- The Victoria Foundation$6,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,668
- Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division$1,535
- Cowichan Valley Monthly Meeting Religious Society of Friends$500
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cowichan Valley$467
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$346
- Sylvan Pastoral Charge$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$185
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9996 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions26
- Total compensation, all staff$3.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bruce Farquhar (director); Vanessa Bramhill (treasurer); Melissa Bellamy (secretary); Laurie Harding (president); Candace Charlie (director); Mark Ashfield (director); Katherine McDonald (director); Leanne Kelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Cowichan Valley Branch 1992’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 139905772RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.