Wanasah: Mental Health Services for Black Youth
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 720045673RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($869,963) as filed with the CRA.
Wanasah: Mental Health Services for Black Youth is a charitable organization based in Toronto, 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 $938K in revenue and $870K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 85% from government, 15% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 6 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $76K.
Compared with 739 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 41% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 7 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
Wanasah continues to offer free mental health and addiction services to Black youth and their families in Regent Park and neighbouring communities in Toronto. We provide individual and group therapy to Black youth aged 12 to 25 years along with case management services. Post crisis support is another aspect of our services for our clients and immediate community. Psychoeducation to provide information about common mental health and addictions issues is provided to youth and their families through workshops and individually. Wanasah provides education and training to mental health agencies…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2023–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $938K | $870K | $708K | — | — | $321K |
| 2023 | $526K | $564K | $460K | — | — | $255K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $76K from 6 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions7
- Total compensation, all staff$585K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Fatma Hassan (chair); Leslie Shanks (vice chair); Joulaika Buchan (director); Russell Goldberg (director); Mohamed Osman (treasurer); Andrew Ssawe (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Wanasah: Mental Health Services for Black Youth’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 720045673RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.