Autism Society Ontario
Publicly funded institution · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119248789RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($24,021,932) as filed with the CRA.
Autism Society Ontario is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, 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 $25.1M in revenue and $24M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 90% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 41 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $556K.
Compared with 538 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 80% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $200,000–249,999 range. The charity reported 240 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $9.5M in 2020 to $25.1M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
Supporting children and adults with asd and their families through workshops social skills programs summer camps support groups and direct funding. Advocacy through awareness campaigns government commitee and working groups. Education through publications and quarterly magazine. Responding to media requests and participation in conferences and forums with information booths and providing speakers for events. Website providing rescources to professionals families individuals educators and volunteers.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $25.1M | $24M | $23.1M | $246K | — | $9.2M |
| 2023 | $17.2M | $16.5M | $15.9M | $256K | — | $8.1M |
| 2022 | $10.6M | $10.4M | $9.4M | $454K | — | $7.4M |
| 2021 | $8.6M | $6.9M | $5.6M | $340K | — | $7.2M |
| 2020 | $9.5M | $8.2M | $7M | $502K | — | $5.4M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $556K from 41 charities:
- United Way Niagara$118K
- The Catherine and Maxwell Meighen Foundation$90K
- Federated Health Charities Corporation$75K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$73K
- The Toldo Foundation$30K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Canadahelps Canadon$21K
- Locking Arms Foundation$20K
- Dundas Lions Foundation$17K
- Sherry & Sean Bourne Family Charitable Foundation$15K
- Niagara Peninsula Foundation for Children$12K
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$11K
- The Branscombe Family Foundation$10K
- United Way East Ontario / Centraide Est de l'Ontario$5,302
- Local 444 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$5,000
- Gary & Maxie Bluestein Charitable Foundation$3,000
- Local 200 Canadian Auto Workers Social Justice Fund$3,000
- Vancouver Foundation$2,700
- Holy Name Council No. 3305 Charitable Welfare Trust$2,500
- The Peel District School Board$2,313
- United Way of Greater Toronto$2,061
- Niagara Community Foundation Fondation Communautaire de Niagara$2,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,530
- Kingsway Lambton United Church$1,500
- Toronto District School Board$1,451
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $200,000–249,9991 position
- $160,000–199,9994 positions
- $120,000–159,9992 positions
- $80,000–119,9993 positions
- Permanent full-time positions240
- Total compensation, all staff$18.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Lisa Vezeau-Allen (president); Audrey Susin (vice-chair); Barry Bruce (treasurer); Tanya Rocca (secretary); Kim Moore (past chair); David Moloney (member); Desmond O'Connor (member); Hadley Koltun (member); Sophia Tsouluhas (member); Susan Boehnke (member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Autism Society Ontario’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119248789RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.