Centre for Autism Services Alberta
Publicly funded institution · Edmonton, Alberta · BN 872973995RR0001 · Organizations Relieving Poverty · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-08-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,636,220) as filed with the CRA.
Centre for Autism Services Alberta is a charitable organization based in Edmonton, Alberta, classified by the CRA under organizations relieving poverty. 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 August 31, 2024, it reported $8.8M in revenue and $8.6M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 94% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 10 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $202K.
Compared with 1,618 poverty-relief institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 59% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was lower than 89% of that peer group. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $160,000–199,999 range (3 positions in that band). The charity reported 79 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $5.7M in 2020 to $8.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 7 names.
In its own words
Intensive intervention and ECS programs for children youth teens and young adults with autism Family support services Therapeutic and recreational groups for children youth teens and young adults with autism Employment readiness and independent living skills for young adults with autism
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $8.8M | $8.6M | $7.9M | $2,158 | — | $949K |
| 2023 | $7.2M | $7.2M | $6.6M | $3,683 | — | $828K |
| 2022 | $6.4M | $6.4M | $5.4M | $727 | — | $984K |
| 2021 | $5.6M | $5.3M | $4.8M | $520 | — | $794K |
| 2020 | $5.7M | $5.6M | $5M | $709 | — | $541K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $202K from 10 charities:
- The Edmonton Community Foundation Priv Act$99K
- BenefAction Foundation$63K
- Canadahelps Canadon$16K
- Co-operators Community Fund (Charity)$9,000
- Matthew Wong Foundation$5,000
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$4,487
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$3,000
- United Way of the Alberta Capital Region$1,546
- ATCO Electric Epic$400
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$319
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9993 positions
- $120,000–159,9997 positions
- Permanent full-time positions79
- Total compensation, all staff$7.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Samantha Labahn (past president); Dani Perl (president); Scott Morrow (treasurer); Heather Brown (director); Oliver Gommerud (director); Duane Wysynski (director); Stephanie Proseilo (secretary).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Centre for Autism Services Alberta’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 872973995RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.