SMH Comedy Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 856487913RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($79,100) as filed with the CRA.
SMH Comedy 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 $87K in revenue and $79K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 38% from donations, 37% from government, 5% from other charities. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $11K.
Compared with 1,620 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 50% of peers.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $29K in 2020 to $87K in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 14 names.
In its own words
SMH Comedy Society teaches stand up comedy to persons with mental illness as a means of fighting the stigma of mental illness building self-esteem and allowing the participants the ability to focus on what they can do rather than what they cannot. The course pairs individuals with mental illness to meet three hours once a week for a full year to study with trained counsellors and professional stand-up comedian instructors.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $87K | $79K | $71K | — | $0 | $12K |
| 2023 | $77K | $84K | $78K | — | $0 | $3,821 |
| 2022 | $60K | $57K | $55K | — | $0 | $9,664 |
| 2021 | $57K | $56K | $55K | — | $0 | $6,623 |
| 2020 | $29K | $38K | $35K | — | $0 | $5,750 |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $11K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Mindy Abramowitz (treasurer); Artemis Calogeros (director at large); Mark Collins (director at large); Mal Henderson (director at large); Debra Powell (director at large); Helen Schneiderman (chair); David Handelman (director); Christine Hackman (director); Carol Ann Brown (director); Cecelia Davis (director); Christine Forget (director); Huamei Han (director); Meriah Main (director); Luis Mina (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from SMH Comedy Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 856487913RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.