Sanctuary Mental Health Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 841769284RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,721,433) as filed with the CRA.
Sanctuary Mental Health Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under supportive health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $1.3M in revenue and $1.7M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 58% from donations, 39% from other charities. In 2024, 31 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $570K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 71% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 16 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $500 in 2024, the largest being $500 to The Canadian Council of Churches. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $573K in 2020 to $1.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Preparing people of faith to support mental health recovery in the community by providing conference workshops sermons and seminars to faith groups in the church or parish. Development of the sanctuary course that provides training tools and resources to equip the church to be a sanctuary for all people at all stages of their mental wellness journeys. Aiding church communities to support and reaise awarenesss of mental health recovery in the community. Developing and distributing resource list. Developing tools and resources to equip faith communities to support mental health and tackle s…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3M | $1.7M | $1.5M | — | $500 | $55K |
| 2023 | $685K | $630K | $473K | — | — | $428K |
| 2022 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.1M | $134K | $200 | $373K |
| 2021 | $929K | $928K | $734K | $77K | $1,200 | $345K |
| 2020 | $573K | $421K | $344K | $24K | — | $345K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $500 to 1 qualified donee:
Received $570K from 31 charities:
- David and Dorothy Lam Foundation$100K
- Link Charity Canada Inc$85K
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$70K
- Tamara Foundation$50K
- Szocs Foundation$50K
- The Charis Foundation$40K
- The Fred and Jane Reinders Foundation$30K
- Aqueduct Foundation$25K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$20K
- Seacliff Foundation$20K
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$16K
- The Trustee Board of the Presbyterian Church in Canada$10K
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver$8,000
- The Ben Sawatzky Foundation$7,500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$6,212
- Imladris Foundation$5,000
- Belcum Foundation$5,000
- Vancouver Foundation$5,000
- Raymond James Canada Foundation$5,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,526
- J & G Servant Foundation$2,475
- Interchurch Health Ministries Canada$2,000
- Open Way Community Church$1,250
- ST Andrew's Presbyterian Church$947
- The Evangelical Free Church of Lethbridge$500
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- $1–39,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions16
- Total compensation, all staff$1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Bing Ho (member); Garrett Thiessen (chairperson); John Diack (member); Patty Nielson (member); Rod Bergen (member); Ceri Rees (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Sanctuary Mental Health Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 841769284RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.