Canadian Mental Health Association Durham Branch
Publicly funded institution · Oshawa, Ontario · BN 118834084RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,676,765) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Durham Branch is a charitable organization based in Oshawa, Ontario, 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 $18.6M in revenue and $18.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $101K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 84 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
The organization is a multi-service agency and provides community based mental health programs and services to persons with mental health problems and illnesses as such: - place individuals into appropriate housing and provide ongoing support - provide a variety of case management serices - perform outreach to the community services - provide employment rehabilitation and social/vocational rehabilitation
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.6M | $18.7M | $18.3M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $18.2M | $18M | $17.6M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2022 | $16.2M | $15.4M | $15M | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2021 | $12.4M | $12.1M | $11.7M | — | — | $3.2M |
| 2020 | $12.6M | $12.3M | $12M | — | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $101K from 14 charities:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$13K
- Oshawa Generals Foundation$7,500
- RBC Foundation$7,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$5,030
- United Way of Durham Region$1,944
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,500
- Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario Division$560
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$300
- United Way of Greater Toronto$89
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$60
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $120,000–159,9994 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions84
- Total compensation, all staff$8.7M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Hunt (director); David Wheeler (chair); Melissa Beaucaire (director); Preya Singh-Cushnie (director); Sheryl Wedderburn (ceo); Earlene Worrall (director); Elizabeth McSavaney (director); Kerrie Wriker (coo); Duncan Kerr (director); Jason Langley (director); Katie Cosway (director); Nicole Seymour (director); Sarah Moore (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Durham Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 118834084RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.