H.I.M. Health Initiative for Men Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 827576612RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,570,156) as filed with the CRA.
H.I.M. Health Initiative for Men Society 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 $2.6M in revenue and $2.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 8 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $66K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 24% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (2 positions in that band). The charity reported 14 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.7M in 2020 to $2.6M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
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Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $2.1M | — | — | $157K |
| 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.7M | — | — | $166K |
| 2022 | $1.9M | $1.9M | $1.4M | — | — | $118K |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.1M | — | $0 | $129K |
| 2020 | $1.7M | $1.7M | $1.3M | — | — | $144K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $66K from 8 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9992 positions
- $40,000–79,99912 positions
- Permanent full-time positions14
- Total compensation, all staff$1.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Benjamin Kazakov (director - secretary); Tribesty Nguyen (director); Mark Sutherland (director - chair); Kevin Truong (director - treasurer); Conner Copeman (director); Aaron Purdie (executive director); Alex Arsenault (director); Jae Ford (director); Jay Khtra (director); Jesse Harink (director - chair); Kohen Elander (director); Laxinder Singh (director); Zoran Stjepanovic (director); Bryan Zandt (director - chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from H.I.M. Health Initiative for Men Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827576612RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.