Health Arts Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 810140749RR0001 · Education in the Arts · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($636,450) as filed with the CRA.
Health Arts Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under education in the arts. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $629K in revenue and $636K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 17% from donations, 14% from government. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $294K.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
It reported gifts to 6 qualified donees totalling $230K in 2024, the largest being $83K to Société pour les arts en milieux de santé. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $396K in 2020 to $629K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Concerts in care: a programme providing professional arts performances that contribute to the quality of life for audiences in retirement homes residential care and other health care sites throughout british columbia. Concerts in care online: a streaming service for delivery of online concerts.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $629K | $636K | $308K | $9,500 | $255K | $195K |
| 2023 | $598K | $613K | $318K | $284 | $194K | $202K |
| 2022 | $571K | $629K | $290K | — | $225K | $217K |
| 2021 | $432K | $429K | $228K | $1,896 | $101K | $275K |
| 2020 | $396K | $373K | $208K | — | $84K | $272K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $230K to 6 qualified donees:
- Société pour les arts en milieux de santé$83K
- Concerts in Care Ontario$47K
- Health Arts Society of Regina Corp.$35K
- Health Arts Society of Atlantic Canada$30K
- Health Arts Society of Alberta$30K
- Health Arts Society of Manitoba Corp$5,000
Received $294K from 10 charities:
- The Azrieli Foundation$187K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$20K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Canadahelps Canadon$19K
- Seedlings Foundation$15K
- Health Arts Society of Alberta$10K
- ZLC Foundation$10K
- Vancouver Foundation$5,983
- Martha Lou Henley Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Osprey Community Foundation$2,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$106K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Cousins (vice chair); Anita Ghatak (vice chair); Janet Nixon (treasurer); Michael Gallagher (vice chair); Heather Peets (director); Chantal Ryan (director); Carol Smith (director); Sally Warren (director); David Helliwell (chair); Gillian Smith (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Health Arts Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 810140749RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.