O.b.a.d. the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders Society
Publicly funded institution · Calgary, Alberta · BN 893496828RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-09-30. Split of total expenditures ($177,716) as filed with the CRA.
O.b.a.d. the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders Society is a charitable organization based in Calgary, Alberta, 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 September 30, 2024, it reported $153K in revenue and $178K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 69% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 4 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $2,095.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 20% of peers. None of its ten highest-paid positions cleared $40,000.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Organization for bipolar affective disorders (obad) is a non-profit society who is a mental health organization helping those with mood disorders-on going programs include five support meetings a week by peer facilitators and menal health presentations. Obad executives sit on many community health committees and boards. Obad offers education through its website-www.obad.ca
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $153K | $178K | $120K | — | — | $52K |
| 2023 | $146K | $138K | $105K | — | — | $74K |
| 2022 | $93K | $75K | $32K | — | — | $66K |
| 2021 | $186K | $163K | $79K | — | — | $47K |
| 2020 | $159K | $145K | $59K | — | — | $24K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $2,095 from 4 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $1–39,9991 position
- Total compensation, all staff$3,885
Schedule 3 of its 2023 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Michael Hennebury (director); Wanda Murch (treasurer); Amanda Moloney (director); Christine Lavall (director); Caitlyn Bourassa (director); Justyn Perry (chairperson).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from O.b.a.d. the Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 893496828RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.