Stigma-Free Mental Health Society
Charitable organization · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 827676867RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($515,073) as filed with the CRA.
Stigma-Free Mental Health Society is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $489K in revenue and $515K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 35% from donations, 24% from government, 41% from other charities. In 2024, 27 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $562K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 51% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $300K in 2020 to $489K in 2024.
In its own words
Stigma-Free School Program The Stigma-Free School Program is an innovative initiative by the Stigma-Free Mental Health Society aimed at reducing mental health stigma and promoting mental wellness among students educators and school communities. This program provides comprehensive accessible mental health education that fosters a supportive environment where students can thrive emotionally and academically. The program is tailored to meet the unique needs of each school and is designed to be easily integrated into existing school curricula and activities. Rural Mental Wellness Program The…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $489K | $515K | $423K | — | — | $11K |
| 2023 | $517K | $503K | $460K | — | — | $37K |
| 2022 | $416K | $452K | $414K | — | — | $23K |
| 2021 | $374K | $338K | $301K | — | — | $60K |
| 2020 | $300K | $288K | $245K | — | — | $64K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $562K from 27 charities:
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$150K
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$125K
- The Winnipeg Foundation$50K
- Surreycares Community Foundation$50K
- The Victoria Foundation$30K
- Canada Post Community Foundation/Fondation Communautaire de Postes Canada$25K
- C-Fax Santa's Anonymous Society$15K
- First West Foundation$15K
- Power to Give Foundation$15K
- CKNW Kids' Fund$15K
- Diamond Foundation$10K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Nicola Family Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$7,620
- Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation Fondation Proches Aimants Petro-Canada$7,500
- Aqueduct Foundation$5,000
- Djavad Mowafaghian Foundation$5,000
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$4,881
- The Coquitlam Foundation$3,500
- Lohn Foundation$2,000
- United Way British Columbia$1,500
- Queen Margarets School 6132$1,377
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$1,060
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$1,000
- Schein Foundation$1,000
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
- $40,000–79,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$265K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Stigma-Free Mental Health Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 827676867RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.