Canadian Mental Health Association Hamilton Branch
Publicly funded institution · Hamilton, Ontario · BN 126583855RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,737,785) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Hamilton Branch is a charitable organization based in Hamilton, 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 $6.2M in revenue and $5.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 81% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 9 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $289K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 13% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 93% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (6 positions in that band). The charity reported 58 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $6.2M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
Programs designed to assist the psychiatric population of the city of hamilton community development program- inter-agency liaison; mental health court services/diversion program; evening social recreation rehabilitation program case management/concurrent disorders; housing programs/community support including 14 supportive housing; residential skills development; and mental health promotions peer programs and mental health street nurse initiatives
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $6.2M | $5.7M | $4.4M | $577K | — | $2.2M |
| 2023 | $5.3M | $4.8M | $4M | $214K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $4.8M | $4.5M | $3.7M | $146K | — | $2M |
| 2021 | $4.8M | $4.2M | $3.5M | $83K | — | $2M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $3.7M | $3.3M | $47K | — | $1.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $289K from 9 charities:
- United Way Golden Horseshoe$235K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$15K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,403
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- United Way of Greater Toronto$1,642
- Hamilton Community Foundation$650
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$267
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$155
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 positions58
- Total compensation, all staff$3.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jennifer Heisz (board vice-president); Sharlene Louden (director); Chris Phillips (board president); Susan Phipps (board secretary); Ruth Rodney (director); Erin Sullivan (director); Natalie Thomas-Morgan (director); Andrea Griese (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Hamilton Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 126583855RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.