Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 893449884RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($50,200,031) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $49.5M in revenue and $50.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 87% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 21 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $1.1M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 32% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 342 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 9 names.
In its own words
Canadian mental health association toronto (cmha toronto) is the city's leading community mental health agency. We provide accessible quality care for people in toronto through programs research and advocacy. From supporting individuals experiencing a mental health crisis to providing tools that support day-to-day mental ealth when people need support toronto we're here to help create belonging and hope. Cmha toronto is incorporated under the ontario not-for-profit corporations act and as a registered charity under the income tax act. Cmha toronto receives funding from individual and cor…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $49.5M | $50.2M | $44.7M | $483K | — | $4.4M |
| 2023 | $46.1M | $46.4M | $41.9M | $291K | — | $5.2M |
| 2022 | $44.2M | $43.6M | $40.4M | $119K | — | $5.5M |
| 2021 | $43.2M | $42.4M | $38.7M | $139K | — | $4.8M |
| 2020 | $38.5M | $38.7M | $36M | $124K | — | $4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $1.1M from 21 charities:
- United Way of Greater Toronto$563K
- Dasaka Foundation$250K
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$103K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- Canadahelps Canadon$33K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$30K
- J.P. Bickell Foundation$30K
- Robert Kerr Foundation$25K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$22K
- Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario Division$4,474
- CHUM Charitable Foundation$4,300
- United Way of Greater Toronto$3,476
- RBC Foundation$2,500
- The Dickhout Family Foundation$2,500
- The Minto Greenberg Legacy Foundation$2,474
- CN Employees' and Pensioners' Community Fund$1,181
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$403
- GiftPact Foundation Inc.$150
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$119
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$44
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $120,000–159,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions342
- Total compensation, all staff$30M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Paula Harrington (director); Maureen Hyland (director); Taisai Madambi (director); Cheryl Prescod (director); Nadine Reid (director); Murray Segal (president); Andrew Milroy (director); Tracey Macarthur (director); Brent Simmons (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893449884RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.