Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division
Charitable organization · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia · BN 133465609RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,637,654) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division is a charitable organization based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $1.6M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 39% from donations, 42% from government, 8% from other charities. In 2024, 20 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $402K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 66% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 20 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $635K in 2020 to $1.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 13 names.
In its own words
Mental health promotion community development information referral and policy development education sessions/training - mental health first aid workplace mental health asist safetalk general mental health information etc. At work - to provide supported employment related services to individuals who have complex service needs related to mental health illness and who want to find competitive employment in the catchment areas of the agencies. Cast - (communitites addressing suicide together) - using a population health and community development approach developing community based suicid…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $319K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.3M | $1M | — | — | $377K |
| 2022 | $1M | $1.1M | $878K | — | — | $477K |
| 2021 | $974K | $988K | $883K | — | — | $541K |
| 2020 | $635K | $696K | $541K | — | — | $555K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $402K from 20 charities:
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$127K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$73K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- Canadahelps Canadon$46K
- The Canadian Red Cross Society$21K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$19K
- RBC Foundation$5,000
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$3,591
- Frederick a & Abbie Lane Charity Fund$2,695
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$2,500
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$1,976
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,946
- Dalhousie University$1,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$872
- ST Luke's United Church$550
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$515
- BenefAction Foundation$500
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$350
- 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
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions20
- Total compensation, all staff$871K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Rod Wilson (past chairperson); Emerson Fiske (treasurer); Elizabeth Church (member at large); Eric Paul (vice chairperson); Tara Larsen (member at large); David Benoit (chairperson); Mary Frances Moriarty-Laundry (member at large); Morris Macleod (member at large); Naj Siritsky (member at large); Matthew Holland (member at large); Deepak Prasad (secretary); Collette Robert (member at large); Bette Watson-Borg (member at large).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Nova Scotia Division’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 133465609RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.