Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute
Publicly funded institution · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 129799961RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($1,473,674) as filed with the CRA.
Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, 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 March 31, 2024, it reported $1.7M in revenue and $1.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 92% from government, 7% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $249K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 17% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $120,000–159,999 range. The charity reported 12 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $712K in 2020 to $1.7M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Strategic planning: wwdpi hosts and participates in confferences focus groups strategic planning activities with academics business and labour stakeholders health professionals public and private sector its board of directors members and users of its products and services. Research and knowledge synthesis; wwdpi conducts primary research and research synthesis to produce reports guidelines toolkits and educational and curricular resources relevant to private/public sectors proffessionals consumers business and labour organizations and the general public. Programs and serv…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.7M | $1.5M | $1.2M | — | — | $199K |
| 2023 | $1.6M | $1.7M | — | — | — | -$6,364 |
| 2022 | $1.8M | $1.8M | $1.7M | — | — | $65K |
| 2021 | $1.5M | $1.5M | $1.4M | — | — | $52K |
| 2020 | $712K | $686K | $660K | — | — | $18K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $249K from 3 charities:
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
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- $1–39,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions12
- Total compensation, all staff$669K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Normand Cote (vice chair); Nicole Liddel (director); Manobhiram Nellutla (director); Aliza King (director); David Lambie (director); Desiree Norwegian (treasurer); Tyler Amel (director); Steve Horvarth (board chair); Paul Griggs (director); Sandra Daycock (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 129799961RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.