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
Cents to cause T1
66¢
of each dollar spent, to programs
Operating overhead T1
34%
typical range 5–35%
Reserves T1
3.6 yr
of program spending, in cash and investments
Revenue T1
$2.1M
not reviewed by an analyst (Charity Intelligence)
— means the filing doesn't include the lines needed; details and sources below.·How to read these figures
Common questions
How do I donate to The Psychology Foundation of Canada?
You can search for it on CanadaHelps or give directly through its own website. Charity Compass never handles your money — we only link out to where you can give.
Is The Psychology Foundation of Canada a registered charity?
Per CRA records, it filed a F2024 T3010 return under charity number 889212395RR0001. Registration status can change, so check the CRA charities listing for its current status. Only a currently registered charity can issue an official donation receipt.
Where is The Psychology Foundation of Canada located?
Per its F2024 T3010, its address on file is 228 - 3219 YONGE ST, TORONTO, ON, M4N 3S1. Source.
What does The Psychology Foundation of Canada do?
In its own words, from its F2024 T3010 filing: "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…" Full program description.
How much of The Psychology Foundation of Canada's spending goes to programs?T1
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar it spent went to programs (self-reported, not independently verified). Full figures.
How big is The Psychology Foundation of Canada?T1
Its last-reported revenue was $2.1M (F2024), which places it in Charity Compass's $1M–$10M revenue band, alongside 9,072 other operating charities.
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. New to these terms? Read what cents to the cause, overhead and reserves mean.
66¢
Per its F2024 T3010, 66¢ of each dollar spent went to programs. The rest ran the organization and raised money; higher is not automatically better.
Sector median: 89¢ across 55,155 computed charities; 87¢ among those its size ($1M–$10M).
this charity 66¢ · sector median 89¢ · all 55,155 computed charities
T3010 line 5000 ÷ 4950 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗ · what this means
3.6 yr
Years that cash, bank balances and investments on hand could cover program spending; liabilities and restricted funds are not netted out.
Charities its size ($1M–$10M, 9,072): median 0.5 yr; 43% hold under half a year. All operating charities: median 0.8 yr.
T3010 line (4100 + 4140) ÷ 5000 · Self-reported on the T3010; not independently verified. source ↗ · what this means
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 ↗
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 ↗ · what this means
Where the money comes from
Shares of last-reported revenue, per its F2024 T3010. Self-reported; not independently verified.
Receipted donationsT1
9%
T3010 4500 ÷ 4700
GovernmentT1
9%
T3010 4570 (or 4540+4550+4560) ÷ 4700
Other revenueT1
83%
T3010 remainder ÷ 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 |
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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)
Not rated by Charity Intelligence. Their analysts cover 819 of Canada's 83,761 charities; absence of a rating says nothing about this charity. Our computed figures above stand on their own.
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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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