Music Heals Charitable Foundation
Private foundation · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 846495489RR0001 · Foundations · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,447,330) as filed with the CRA.
Music Heals Charitable Foundation is a private foundation based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.5M in revenue and $1.4M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 73% from donations, 6% from other charities. In 2024, 25 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $387K.
Compared with 1,554 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 4% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 82% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 43 qualified donees totalling $520K in 2024, the largest being $38K to BC Women's Health Foundation. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $606K in 2020 to $1.5M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
To make distributions to qualified donees including qualified donees related to or in support of music therapy.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | $725K | $520K | $317K |
| 2023 | $1.2M | $1.2M | — | $580K | $445K | $311K |
| 2022 | $1.2M | $1.3M | — | $614K | $432K | $306K |
| 2021 | $809K | $565K | — | $46K | $337K | $322K |
| 2020 | $606K | $641K | — | $126K | $295K | $78K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $520K to 43 qualified donees — largest 25 shown:
- BC Women's Health Foundation$38K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$28K
- Wish Drop-In Centre Society$22K
- Saint James Music Academy$22K
- Louis Brier Jewish Aged Foundation$22K
- Charlford House Society for Women$22K
- Canuck Place Children's Hospice$22K
- British Columbia's Children's Hospital Foundation$22K
- The Ridge Meadows Association for Community Living$20K
- YMCA BC Foundation$20K
- The Semiahmoo Foundation$17K
- Ronald McDonald House Canada / Maison Ronald McDonald Canada$17K
- DR. Peter AIDS Foundation$17K
- Broadway Pentecostal CARE Association$17K
- BC Cancer Foundation$16K
- VGH & Ubc Hospital Foundation$14K
- Victoria Brain Injury Society$13K
- Lumara Grief and Bereavement CARE Society$13K
- Vancouver Hospice Society$13K
- PALS Adult Services Society$12K
- The North Vancouver Community Arts Council$11K
- Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation$10K
- Pacific Autism Family Centre Foundation$10K
- Kelowna General Hospital Foundation$10K
- Coast Mental Health Foundation$10K
Received $387K from 25 charities:
- ZLC Foundation$85K
- ZLC Foundation$62K
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$50K
- The Dayhu Family Foundation$42K
- Vancouver Foundation$40K
- Face the World Foundation$20K
- The Highbury Foundation$15K
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$10K
- The Rennie Foundation$10K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$10K
- Betty Averbach Foundation$8,000
- Jewish Federation of British Columbia$5,250
- The McLean McCuaig Foundation$5,250
- Huscroft Family Charitable Trust$5,000
- The Lawson Foundation$5,000
- Mel and Geri Davis Charitable Trust$4,500
- Aron Charitable Foundation$2,750
- ST. George's United Church$1,500
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$1,373
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$1,122
- The Harvey and Jody Dales Family Philanthropic Foundation$1,000
- Aqueduct Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$410
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$354
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$135
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$112K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
David Barnett (president); Robert Calder (director); Paul Meehan (director); Kiley Hendriks (director); Emily Alden (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Music Heals Charitable Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 846495489RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.