Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser Branch
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 811691922RR0001 · Supportive Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,743,174) as filed with the CRA.
Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser Branch is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 $9M in revenue and $9.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 55% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 17 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $995K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 53 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
1) mental health program development & delivery-we help build mental health skills and resilience for individuals. This includes parent support employment services crisis lines youth programs and support groups. 2) mental health education & training-we work closely with community and industry leaders to develop programs offer training provide scholarships and create preventative mental health supports for students. 3) mental health policy & advocacy-we identify and respond to bc's most pressing mental health priorities.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9M | $9.7M | $9.5M | — | — | -$129K |
| 2023 | $8.8M | $8.9M | $7.7M | — | — | $639K |
| 2022 | $7.6M | $8.1M | $6.9M | — | — | $765K |
| 2021 | $7.9M | $7.5M | $6.5M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2020 | $7.5M | $7.5M | $6.5M | — | $7,826 | $388K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $995K from 17 charities:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$838K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Canadahelps Canadon$38K
- Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$14K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$14K
- Diamond Foundation$10K
- RBC Foundation$7,500
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$3,619
- Canadian Mental Health Association B.C. Division$2,199
- ZLC Foundation$2,000
- Collingwood School Society$1,780
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$470
- United Way British Columbia$333
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$300
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$286
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 positions53
- Total compensation, all staff$6.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Christina Labarca (director); Leona Shaw (director); Sameera Ismail (director); Nick Neacsu (director); Stanley Chiu (director); Eric Rae (treasurer); Kevin Erickson (president); Hayson Chan (director); Jennica Palecek (director); Wayne Arondus (vice president); Adan Moallemi (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Canadian Mental Health Association Vancouver-Fraser Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 811691922RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.