Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays
Publicly funded institution · Cranbrook, British Columbia · BN 137661328RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($6,237,722) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays is a charitable organization based in Cranbrook, 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 $6.8M in revenue and $6.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 57% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 12 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $41K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 66 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Rent geared to income housing rent for women in vulnerable positions and social service programs to support mental health none
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.8M | $6.2M | $5.6M | — | — | $5.4M |
| 2023 | $6.1M | $6.1M | $5.3M | — | — | $4.8M |
| 2022 | $6M | $6M | — | — | — | $3M |
| 2021 | $6M | $5.9M | — | — | — | $5.8M |
| 2020 | $6.7M | $7M | — | — | — | $5.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $41K from 12 charities:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$25K
- Canadahelps Canadon$4,707
- Shoppers Foundation for Women's Health$2,690
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division$1,535
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$1,000
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$498
- ST. Andrew's Presbyterian Church$441
- Kimberley Shared Ministry: Anglican and United$200
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$148
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$43
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions66
- Total compensation, all staff$3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John Birrell (president); Ariane Brunet (secretary); Kirk Green (vice president); Bonnie Spence-Vinge (director); David Chiu (director); Erin Knutson (director); Lucy Gamber (treasurer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 137661328RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.