Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 870172731RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($118,605,644) as filed with the CRA.
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under community resource organizations. 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 $118.6M in revenue and $118.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 99% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget.
Compared with 115 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 49% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $250,000–299,999 range (7 positions in that band). The charity reported 423 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $78.2M in 2020 to $118.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
The forensic psychiatric services commission operates the forensic psychiatric hospital and seven outpatient community based clinics throughout british columbia. Services provided include court ordered mental status assessments impatient treatment and outpatient supervision for persons found not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder or unfit to stand trial and treatment of mentally disordered offenders in provincial corrections centres.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $118.6M | $118.6M | $106.9M | — | — | $31.6M |
| 2023 | $95.7M | $95.7M | $89.4M | — | — | $8.9M |
| 2022 | $88M | $88M | $83.7M | — | — | $8.9M |
| 2021 | $83.9M | $83.8M | $80.1M | — | — | $8.9M |
| 2020 | $78.2M | $78.2M | $74.3M | — | — | $8.8M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $250,000–299,9997 positions
- $200,000–249,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions423
- Total compensation, all staff$89.8M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Byres (president & ceo); Timothy Manning (chair); Gloria Morgan (vice chair); Sandra Harris (board member); Bill Chan (board member); Joanna Gislason (board member); Dianne Doyle (board member); Richard Short (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 870172731RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.