Ways Mental Health Support
Publicly funded institution · London, Ontario · BN 892666934RR0001 · Supportive Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2021-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($9,001,552) as filed with the CRA.
Ways Mental Health Support is a charitable organization based in London, Ontario, classified by the CRA under supportive 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, 2021, it reported $6.7M in revenue and $9M in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 61% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2021, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $22K.
Compared with 685 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 58% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (4 positions in that band). The charity reported 78 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $3.6M in 2021, the largest being $3.6M to Humana Community Services.
In its own words
Ways supports at-risk youth and their families through advocacy counselling and teaching to create a healthy responsible sustainable lifestyle and positive self-esteem. Our programs include (1) residential group care for youth ages 12-18 years (2) foster care for children from birth to 18 years (3) community programs to support youth ages 12 -18 years and their families and (4) crisis and intervention services for children and youth in mental health crisis situations.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2021
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $6.7M | $9M | $4.6M | — | $3.6M | $0 |
| 2020 | $7.4M | $6.7M | $5.7M | — | — | $2.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2021
Granted $3.6M to 1 qualified donee:
Received $22K from 3 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9994 positions
- $40,000–79,9996 positions
- Permanent full-time positions78
- Total compensation, all staff$4M
Schedule 3 of its 2021 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Ways Mental Health Support’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 892666934RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.