Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna and District Branch
Publicly funded institution · Kelowna, British Columbia · BN 106863392RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($13,671,654) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna and District Branch is a charitable organization based in Kelowna, 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 $14.6M in revenue and $13.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 76% from government, 8% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 26 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.6M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 42% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 135 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $7.5M in 2020 to $14.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Peer support socialization life skills and education about how to be and stay mentally healthy for youth adults and seniors; socialization and skill building including exploring wellness through art movement and creativity. Mental health promotion through training workshops webinars and presentations. Homeless outreach: prevention and diversion through housing rent supplements and rent bank. Housing: 24 units of subsidized housing; 211 units of supportive housing; 74 scattered sites units in market housing for youth and adults. Food security and meals. Family and youth support & service…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $14.6M | $13.7M | $12.4M | $512K | — | $5.1M |
| 2023 | $12M | $11.6M | — | — | — | $4.1M |
| 2022 | $10.8M | $10.8M | — | — | — | $3.6M |
| 2021 | $8.7M | $7.9M | $7.5M | $108K | — | $3.3M |
| 2020 | $7.5M | $7.3M | $7M | $102K | — | $2.6M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.6M from 26 charities:
- Central Okanagan Foundation$552K
- Kelowna General Hospital Foundation$348K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$114K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$75K
- A Way Home: Working Together to End Youth Homelessness$68K
- Vancouver Foundation$62K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$61K
- Central Okanagan Community Foodbank Society$60K
- The Calgary Foundation$59K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$55K
- H W Siebens Charitable Foundation$45K
- United Way British Columbia$25K
- The Home Depot Canada Foundation$10K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,016
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$6,190
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,908
- Canadahelps Canadon$2,823
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$2,145
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$1,930
- Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division$1,535
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,237
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$1,200
- BenefAction Foundation$1,191
- Kelowna Professional Firefighters Charitable Society$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions135
- Total compensation, all staff$8.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Debbie Da Silva (treasurer); Cam McAlpine (chair); Mike McGreer (director); Sean Phil (director); Marc Prolux (director); Terry Beudry (vice chair); Aman Hundal (director); Kyle Ramsey (director); Siobhan McManus (director); Jenn Goodwin (director); Kwame Boateng (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna and District Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 106863392RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.