PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society
Publicly funded institution · Halifax, Nova Scotia · BN 891950305RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($8,796,778) as filed with the CRA.
PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society is a charitable organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 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 $9.3M in revenue and $8.8M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 60% from government, 11% from other charities. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 30 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $630K.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 22% of peers. Its fundraising cost per donated dollar was higher than 77% of that peer group. Its highest-paid position fell in the $160,000–199,999 range. The charity reported 113 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $4.1M in 2020 to $9.3M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Founded in 2002 autism nova scotia (ans) is a non-profit registered charity located in halifax nova scotia. Ans was the original vision of joan and jack craig parents of an adult son with autism. Today ans supports individuals with autism their families educators healthcare professionals and researchers throughout nova scotia. Ans provides information materials research assistance a variety of program opportunities and a friendly atmosphere to support our members in their desire to understand autism. We offer assistance to individuals with autism so that they can live full …
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $9.3M | $8.8M | $7.1M | $266K | — | $5.5M |
| 2023 | $7.7M | $7.8M | $6.6M | $231K | — | $5M |
| 2022 | $6.4M | $5.9M | $4.8M | $200K | — | $5M |
| 2021 | $4.6M | $4.3M | $3.7M | $119K | — | $3.5M |
| 2020 | $4.1M | $3.8M | $3.1M | $151K | — | $2.9M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $630K from 30 charities:
- Craig Foundation$303K
- Hewitt Foundation$100K
- The Community Foundation of Nova Scotia Society$42K
- Charitable Gift Funds Canada Foundation$27K
- Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia$25K
- The Windsor Foundation$25K
- River Philip Foundation$15K
- Halifax Youth Foundation$11K
- Fred and Edith Greene Foundation$10K
- Inclusion Amherst Society$9,985
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,759
- United Way of Lunenburg County$8,500
- United Way of Colchester County$7,800
- United Way of Colchester County$7,800
- Halifax Protestant Infants Foundation$5,000
- Sydney Credit Union Charitable Foundation$5,000
- E K M Health Foundation$3,350
- Canadahelps Canadon$3,009
- Faye and David Huestis Family Foundation Inc.$3,000
- United Way Maritimes/Centraide des Maritimes$2,671
- Sisters of Charity Mount Saint Vincent$2,500
- Masonic Foundation of Nova Scotia$1,000
- BenefAction Foundation$1,000
- Doane Grant Thornton Foundation$1,000
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$792
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $160,000–199,9991 position
- $80,000–119,9997 positions
- $40,000–79,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions113
- Total compensation, all staff$6.4M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tracey Avery (board member); Sarah Boyne (board member); Joan Craig (board member); Allison Garber (board member); William Lahey (board member); Janean Marshall (board member); Dave Nicholson (chair); Catherine Rahey (vice-chair); Greg Smith (treasurer); Robert Strang (board member); Ian Sutherland (past chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from PAC Autism Nova Scotia Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 891950305RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.