The Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch
Publicly funded institution · Vanier, Ontario · BN 130113525RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($22,008,121) as filed with the CRA.
The Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch is a charitable organization based in Vanier, Ontario, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $22.5M in revenue and $22M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $175K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 88% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $120,000–159,999 range (5 positions in that band). The charity reported 156 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 15 names.
In its own words
The canadian mental health association ottawa branch aspires to provide client directed services and programs for people with mental health problems and to enchance promote and maintain the mental health of individuals and communities through education and awareness.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $22.5M | $22M | $21.6M | — | — | $4.2M |
| 2023 | $21.4M | $21.1M | $20.7M | — | — | $3.7M |
| 2022 | $21.5M | $21M | $20.5M | — | — | $3.4M |
| 2021 | $21.3M | $21M | $20.6M | — | — | $2.9M |
| 2020 | $21M | $20.8M | $20.2M | — | — | $2.7M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $175K from 10 charities:
- The Canadian Mental Health Association$75K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- Canadahelps Canadon$29K
- RBC Foundation$18K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$17K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,517
- Canadian Mental Health Association Ontario Division$1,632
- United Way of Greater Toronto$253
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$195
- My Tribute Gift Foundation—
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $120,000–159,9995 positions
- $80,000–119,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions156
- Total compensation, all staff$14.3M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
John James (past president); Nabanita Giri (president); Marya Jaleel (director); Peter Donnelly (vice president); Vincent Trottier (treasurer); Lynne Vail (director); Shannon Black (director); Admir Minarolli (honorary secretary); Mary Bartram (director); Jette Haswell (director); Matt Gilmour (director); Jessica Adley (director); Chris Macaulay (director); Nathalie Cadieux (director); Susan Farrell (chief executive officer).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Canadian Mental Health Association Ottawa Branch’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 130113525RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.