Canadian Mental Health Association Niagara Branch
Publicly funded institution · ST Catharines, Ontario · BN 130532955RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($12,004,994) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Niagara Branch is a charitable organization based in ST Catharines, 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 $12.6M in revenue and $12M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $163K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 39% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 76% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 84 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Programs and services for the psychiatric community and their families. Promotion of mental health public education on mental illness. Client advocacy one-to-one support safe bed provision crisis intervention information and referral services regional housing program and supported employment program. Counselling and support service court diversion and court support transitional housing support team (coast) and mobile crisis rapid response team. Support to individuals with substance use and addictions issues. All programs carried out in the niagara region.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $12.6M | $12M | $10.9M | $8,523 | — | $3.2M |
| 2023 | $12.8M | $12.3M | $11.1M | $8,396 | — | $2.9M |
| 2022 | $12M | $11.4M | $10.5M | $5,632 | — | $2.5M |
| 2021 | $10.6M | $9.8M | $8.9M | — | — | $2.2M |
| 2020 | $9.7M | $9.1M | $8.2M | $15K | — | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $163K from 11 charities:
- The Branscombe Family Foundation$90K
- BenefAction Foundation$35K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$19K
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$7,500
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$3,816
- Canadahelps Canadon$1,095
- Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario Division$568
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$442
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$322
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
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
- $80,000–119,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions84
- Total compensation, all staff$8.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Andrew Bassingthwaighte (director); Fred Cipryk (director); Peter Fraser (director); Tara McKendrick (executive director); Timothy Nelles (treasurer); Kelly Pilato (service outcomes/ quali); Clayton Roenspiess (director); Faith Scott (director); Christopher Ventura (president); Christopher Yendt (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Niagara Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130532955RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.