THE PSYCHOLOGY FOUNDATION OF CANADA
Charitable organizationCommunity resource·228 - 3219 YONGE ST · TORONTO, ON · M4N 3S1·BN 889212395RR0001·website ↗
Last reported: F2024 filing · period ending 2024-12-31
What it does — in its own words
Ongoing programs
We advance mental health with Canadian families by empowering them with coping mechanisms and the tools to thrive amidst life's challenges. We accomplish this by using psychological science to develop and deliver programs and resources to teach infants children and youth and their supportive key adult stakeholders proactive coping skills to positively manage their mental health. Our focus includes three key pillars of mental health promotion: (1) Attachment (2) Stress Management (3) Resilience Building Our attachment-based parenting program Make the Connection supports and promotes bui… Show more
We advance mental health with Canadian families by empowering them with coping mechanisms and the tools to thrive amidst life's challenges. We accomplish this by using psychological science to develop and deliver programs and resources to teach infants children and youth and their supportive key adult stakeholders proactive coping skills to positively manage their mental health. Our focus includes three key pillars of mental health promotion: (1) Attachment (2) Stress Management (3) Resilience Building Our attachment-based parenting program Make the Connection supports and promotes building a strong parent/caregiver attachment to their baby which is critical to healthy brain development . Our stress management programs and resources Kids Have Stress Too! Stress Lessons Stress Busters and Zen Garden app help children and youth to understand and identify stress the effects of stress on the body and brain and to gain strategies to manage their stress effectively. Our resilience building program and resources ThriveLandia and Resilience Quiz help children and youth to build skills associated with resilience.
New programs
We have three new program extensions to our stress management programs and resources: Stress Coach ChatBot Peer2Peer and StressLess which empower youth and key adult caregivers respectively with the skills to support and manage youths stress.
Program descriptions from its F2024 T3010 filing, verbatim · self-reported · this is also the text our semantic search matches against. source ↗
Tier 1 — what we computed (open data)
From the charity's own F2024 T3010 filing. Self-reported; not independently verified. You can recompute every figure.
Cents to cause
T1 · computed (open data)66¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar spent went to programs.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities.
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Operating overhead
T1 · computed (open data)34%
Management, administration, and fundraising as a share of total spending. We treat 5–35% as the typical range; we state the figure, you judge.
T3010 line (5010 + 5020) ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Reserves
T1 · computed (open data)3.6 yr
Years current reserves could cover program spending.
Sector quartiles: 0.4 yr / 0.8 yr / 7.5 yr (p25 / median / p90).
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Total revenue
T1 · computed (open data)$2.1M
Last-reported total revenue.
T3010 line 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Donor-funded
T1 · computed (open data)9%
Share of revenue from receipted donations.
T3010 line 4500 ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Government-funded
T1 · computed (open data)9%
Share of revenue from federal, provincial, and municipal sources.
T3010 line 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗
Over the years
Every figure as filed at each fiscal period end, 2019–2024.
| Period end | Revenue | Cents to cause | Overhead | Reserves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-31 | $913K | 72¢ | 26% | 2.9 yr |
| 2020-12-31 | $910K | 72¢ | 26% | 3.8 yr |
| 2021-12-31 | $1.2M | 69¢ | 28% | 1.5 yr |
| 2022-12-31 | $845K | 69¢ | 29% | 2.9 yr |
| 2023-12-31 | $1.2M | 69¢ | 29% | 3.2 yr |
| 2024-12-31 | $2.1M | 66¢ | 34% | 3.6 yr |
| trend |
From its T3010 filings (CRA annual releases) · self-reported, not audited by us · when a period is restated in a later release, the newest figures are shown · ✱ = cents-to-cause outside the valid 0–100% range (filing error; not used in rankings). source ↗
★ Tier 2 — Charity Intelligence (analyst-reviewed)
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Board of directors
17 directors reported · 17 of 17at arm's length
- DAVEY, LIANETRUSTEEarm's length
- JACKMAN, ERICFOUNDING CHAIRarm's length
- SMITH, MARKPRESIDENTarm's length
- ORT, MICHAELTREASURERarm's length
- ALTER, ROBINTRUSTEEarm's length
- BELFON, KOFI-LENTRUSTEEarm's length
- GOLDBERG, JESSICAVICE CHAIRarm's length
- RIDDELL, REBECCATRUSTEEarm's length
- STERLING, VALERIETRUSTEEarm's length
- MCLEAN, MALCOMDIRECTORarm's length
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- GENDRON, MARIE-JOSEEDIRECTORarm's length
- BRECHER, DIANATRUSTEEarm's length
- WEATHERBEE, JACQUELINETRUSTEEarm's length
- GAUDY, JULIETRUSTEEarm's length
- BEEFORTH, MICHAELTRUSTEEarm's length
- RACINE, NICOLETRUSTEEarm's length
- ZANGENEH, MASOODTRUSTEEarm's length
From its F2024T3010 filing (public CRA record), as filed. “Arm's length” means not related to other officials by family or business ties. source ↗
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