Provincial Health Services Authority
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 863530135RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,768,030,640) as filed with the CRA.
Provincial Health Services Authority is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive 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 $5.8B in revenue and $5.8B in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 80% from government, 17% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 11 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $7.4M.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $350,000 and over range (10 positions in that band). The charity reported 12,385 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $3.8B in 2020 to $5.8B in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
The provincial health services authority (phsa) is responsible for managing the quality coordination accessibility and cost of selected province-wide healthcare programs and services. Phsa provides corporate services and is responsible for provincial programs such as thoracic surgery cardiac and renal services. The following major programs are all under the responsibility of phsa: children's & women's health centre of british columbia (bc) provides hospital services for women and children; bc cancer provides cancer control programs including prevention screening early detection treatme…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5.8B | $5.8B | $5.3B | — | — | $94.4M |
| 2023 | $4.9B | $5.2B | $4.7B | — | — | $91.2M |
| 2022 | $4.5B | $4.5B | $4.1B | — | — | $325.9M |
| 2021 | $4.5B | $4.3B | $3.9B | — | — | $325.5M |
| 2020 | $3.8B | $3.8B | $3.5B | — | — | $58M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $7.4M from 11 charities:
- BC Women's Health Foundation$3.9M
- Canadian Cancer Society$2M
- Cancer Research Society$691K
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Canada/societe de Leucemie & Lymphome du Canada$415K
- Pacific Public Health Foundation$207K
- ST. Paul's Foundation of Vancouver$162K
- Kindred Foundation$35K
- B.C. Mental Health Foundation$20K
- Liver Canada Foie Canada$15K
- Prostate Cure Foundation$3,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$24
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $350,000 and over10 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12,385
- Total compensation, all staff$2.1B
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tim Manning (chair cob chairinterim audit); Bill Chan (chair finance & operations); Joanna Gislason (chair people & governance); Sandra Harris (chair. cultural safety & humil); Donisa Bernado (board member); Gary Caroline (board member); Julia Dillabough (board member); Gloria Ann Morgan (board member); Gary Pooni (board member); David Byres (president & ceo); Dianne Doyle (chair quality & safety); Morgan Price (board member); Richard Short (board member); Piotr Majkowski (chair research & academic deve).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Provincial Health Services Authority’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 863530135RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.