If National Institute of Families Foundation for Child & Youth Mental Health
Publicly funded institution · Burnaby, British Columbia · BN 821215860RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($2,708,922) as filed with the CRA.
If National Institute of Families Foundation for Child & Youth Mental Health is a charitable organization based in Burnaby, 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 $2.9M in revenue and $2.7M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 98% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $60K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 57% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 18 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
The institute of families connects with families to provide support mentorship information and navigation and helps enhance relationships between families and those providing mental health services to young people and families.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.9M | $2.7M | $2.4M | $7,810 | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $2.3M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $17K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $1.9M | $7,632 | — | $974K |
| 2021 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.8M | $15K | — | $919K |
| 2020 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $1.7M | $6,697 | — | $833K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $60K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions18
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Stephen Cairns (director); Caroline Connell (secretary); Jana-Lea Davidson (founding director); Olivia Heffernan (director); Dean Lindquist (director); David Mohart (chair); Xinjie C. Cui (director); Ross Robinson (chair of governance comi); Diane McConnell (director); Abiola Fischer (director finance); Alisha Sharma (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from If National Institute of Families Foundation for Child & Youth Mental Health’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 821215860RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.