Act Autism Community Training Society
Charitable organization · Vancouver, British Columbia · BN 861691236RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($840,277) as filed with the CRA.
Act Autism Community Training Society is a charitable organization based in Vancouver, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $523K in revenue and $840K in expenditures. Spending exceeded revenue that year — the gap came out of reserves.
Its funding that year was roughly 26% from donations, 41% from government. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $26K.
Compared with 1,130 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 69% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 5 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 8 names.
In its own words
1. Community-based training for parents/caregivers and professionals: www.actcommunity.ca/education/act-events: 1 250 registered for 8 live act events & 7 days of practical trainings in 2024 featuring clinicians researchers & autistic self-advocates. 2. Autism videos@act (ava) www.actcommunity.ca/videos: 92 act free online videos available including 6 new videos launched providing evidence-informed neuro-affirmative resources accessible internationally focusing on practical support for families. Ava video were watched 59 900 times in 2024. 3. Autism & intellectual disability search (…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $523K | $840K | $762K | $33K | — | $208K |
| 2023 | $743K | $1.1M | $987K | $27K | — | $526K |
| 2022 | $491K | $666K | $583K | $13K | — | $855K |
| 2021 | $1.3M | $677K | $617K | $14K | — | $1M |
| 2020 | $575K | $502K | $425K | $14K | — | $443K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $26K from 5 charities:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9994 positions
- Permanent full-time positions5
- Total compensation, all staff$571K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Blair Dwyer (president); Anne McCaw (vice-president); Brent Shirley (treasurer); Marna Nelson (secretary); Kenzie Curby (director); Siyu Chen (director); Kuliani Kusmanto (director); Izabelle Stevens (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Act Autism Community Training Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 861691236RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.