Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent Branch
Publicly funded institution · Chatham, Ontario · BN 838790517RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($18,287,426) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent Branch is a charitable organization based in Chatham, 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 $18.3M in revenue and $18.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 15 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $46K.
Compared with 538 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 $160,000–199,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 162 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Case management services for individuals with a mental illness or are concurrently or dually diagnosed mental health first response for individuals experiencing a crisis housing programs - supportive counseling and services; rent supplement for homelessness or risk of homelessness; short term bed crises court support and release from custody services vocational services mental health promotion psychotherapy services early detention and intervention services rapid assessment intervention and treatment for individuals referred through primary care access open minds (youth mental health…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $18.3M | $18.3M | $15.5M | — | — | $2.4M |
| 2023 | $17.7M | $17.6M | $15M | $20K | — | $2.1M |
| 2022 | $17.3M | $16.6M | $13M | $99K | — | $3.8M |
| 2021 | $16.9M | $16M | $12.8M | $76K | — | $3M |
| 2020 | $15.2M | $15.2M | $12.3M | $66K | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $46K from 15 charities:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$17K
- Canadahelps Canadon$11K
- Sarnia Community Foundation$5,400
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,569
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$669
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$525
- United Way of Greater Toronto$521
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$500
- ST. Michael Parish Council No. 10102 Charitable Welfare Trust$500
- Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario Division$480
- Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire$169
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$116
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$30
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9992 positions
- $120,000–159,9998 positions
- Permanent full-time positions162
- Total compensation, all staff$13.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fraser Godfrey (chair); Becky Bellavance (past chair); Crystal George (first vice chair and treasurer); Darryl Moore (second vice chair); Catherine Van Arkel (director); Sarah Herr (director); Claire Prins (director); Chas Douglas (director); Cathrin Van Sintern-Dick (director); Emily Taylor (director); Mya Debrouwer (director); Gertrude McClure (director); Mike Kelly (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 838790517RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.