Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health
Publicly funded institution · Victoria, British Columbia · BN 861867190RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($4,222,798) as filed with the CRA.
Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health is a charitable organization based in Victoria, British Columbia, 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 December 31, 2024, it reported $4M in revenue and $4.2M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 18 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $228K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 61% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 41 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $90K in 2024, the largest being $90K to Umbrella Foundation for Addictions and Mental Health. Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $4M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 5 names.
In its own words
1. To educate the public by providing seminars and workshops on drug education and mental health issue. 2. To provide counselling outreach programs and connections to community resources for those affected by drug addiction and mental health issues. 3. Operate recovery house 4. Advocate to governments to create a better service delivery system. 5. To connect individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness with appropriate services.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $4M | $4.2M | $3.8M | — | — | $66K |
| 2023 | $3.7M | $3.4M | $3.1M | — | — | $309K |
| 2022 | $3.1M | $3M | $2.7M | — | — | $39K |
| 2021 | $2.3M | $2.3M | $2.1M | — | $80K | $117K |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | $214K | $69K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $90K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $228K from 18 charities:
- The Victoria Foundation$66K
- RBC Foundation$40K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Canadahelps Canadon$28K
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$20K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$14K
- BC Government Employees Community Services Fund Trust$6,236
- Youth and Philanthropy Initiative Canada/Initiative Canada Jeunesse et Philanthropie$5,000
- The Chawkers foundation$5,000
- Vancity Community Foundation$5,000
- Big Wheel Community Foundation$3,498
- Sovereign Order of ST. John Victoria Commandery Foundation$3,190
- David Charitable Trust$1,500
- Broad View United$1,000
- Urban Systems Foundation$750
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$712
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$125
- United Way of Newfoundland and Labrador Inc.$44
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions41
- Total compensation, all staff$2.9M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Guy Cookson (director); Bengi Uppal (director); Bonnie Halvorson (director); Valarie Macneil (co-chair); Wendy Norris (co-chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Umbrella Society for Addictions and Mental Health’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861867190RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.