Inspirehealth Society
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 108103920RR0001 · Community Resource Organizations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($3,080,462) as filed with the CRA.
Inspirehealth Society 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 $3.2M in revenue and $3.1M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 40% from donations, 56% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 19 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $470K.
Compared with 829 community-service institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 15 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
Inspirehealth programs integrate the concepts of health into cancer treatment and recovery. Innovative programs are available at no cost and include access to informal education sessions individual medical consultations in-depth led group sessions informative research resources and inspirational core health classes and other assistance for patients with cancer and their support people. Inspirehealth's medical doctors clinical counsellors dietitians and exercise therapists provide guidance in healthy eating exercise and lifestyle support.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.2M | $3.1M | $1.2M | $590K | — | $1.2M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $3M | $1.2M | $487K | — | $1.1M |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.8M | $1.2M | $320K | — | $994K |
| 2021 | $2.6M | $2.4M | $1.2M | $156K | — | $800K |
| 2020 | $2.6M | $2.6M | $797K | $241K | — | $639K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $470K from 19 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$114K
- Canadahelps Canadon$114K
- Vancouver Foundation$53K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$50K
- ZLC Foundation$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$20K
- Vancouver Fire Fighters' Charitable Society$18K
- Somerset Foundation$16K
- The Wolrige Foundation$15K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$9,891
- United Way British Columbia$3,000
- Lonny and Anne Lee Family Foundation$2,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,776
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$1,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$677
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$550
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$500
- Vancity Community Foundation$150
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$100
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions15
- Total compensation, all staff$1.5M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Kathy McLaughlin (director); Debra Crombie (director); Robert Woollard (director); Eduarda McWhirter (director); Barb Estey (director); Stuart Peacock (director); Charles Hotel (director); Jenny LI (director); Gail McBride (director); Arun Garg (director); Faye Wightman (director); Edward Bruce (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Inspirehealth Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 108103920RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.