Creative Centre Society for Mental Wellness
Publicly funded institution · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 130918881RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,612,676) as filed with the CRA.
Creative Centre Society for Mental Wellness is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, 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 $1.7M in revenue and $1.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 97% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $38K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 54% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
The society operates two staffed clubhouses where people with mental wellness issues can socialize and learn life skills. Distributes supported independent living rent subsidies. The society operates and administers an apartment building under a contact with bc housing for tenants with mental wellness issues.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.3M |
| 2023 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2022 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.3M | — | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $1.1M |
| 2020 | $1.5M | $1.4M | $1.3M | — | — | $971K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $38K from 3 charities:
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- $1–39,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Jim Callahan (secreatry); Jeanette Poulin (vice-president); Brian Grootendorst (director); Steven Kendzierski (director); Lia Bishop (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Creative Centre Society for Mental Wellness’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130918881RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.