Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 891598575RR0001 · Teaching Institutions
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($21,210) as filed with the CRA.
Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $165 in revenue and $21K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
In 2024, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $4.
Revenue has declined over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $165 in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
To fund facilitate develop implement and promote activities facilities and progams which foster the education of physicians physiothereapists nurses and other health care professionals with respect to the early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of soft tissue disorders such as tendonitis bursitis and carpal tunnel syndrome as well as other sources of pain such as nerve entrapment syndromes disc and lower back myofasial pain.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $165 | $21K | — | — | — | $14K |
| 2023 | $15K | $66K | $45K | — | — | $35K |
| 2022 | $17K | $31K | $22K | — | — | $85K |
| 2021 | $22K | $33K | $23K | — | — | $339K |
| 2020 | $29K | $34K | $29K | — | — | $110K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $4 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
- Total compensation, all staff$14K
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Chit Chan Gunn (president); Kevin Sullivan (treasurer); Shiuman Hi (director); Jan Walls (director); Jane Wong (director); Maggie Ip (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891598575RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.