Pals Autism Society
Publicly funded institution · New Westminster, British Columbia · BN 843939760RR0001 · Teaching Institutions · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-06-30. Split of total expenditures ($2,510,550) as filed with the CRA.
Pals Autism Society is a charitable organization based in New Westminster, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under teaching institutions. 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 June 30, 2024, it reported $2.6M in revenue and $2.5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 30% from donations, 37% from government. In 2024, 13 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $130K.
Compared with 1,247 education institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 30% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 22 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 1 qualified donee totalling $127K in 2024, the largest being $127K to PALS Adult Services Society. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 10 names.
In its own words
The society operates an independent school for children/adolescents with autism.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2.6M | $2.5M | $2M | $250K | $127K | $2M |
| 2023 | $2M | $2M | $1.5M | $214K | $109K | $2M |
| 2022 | $2M | $2M | $1.6M | $94K | $81K | $2M |
| 2021 | $2.2M | $2.3M | $1.6M | $80K | $473K | $2M |
| 2020 | $3.2M | $2.9M | $2.6M | $30K | $8,958 | $2.1M |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $127K to 1 qualified donee:
Received $130K from 13 charities:
- The Wolrige Foundation$25K
- Burnaby Fire Fighters Charitable Society$25K
- Cause We Care Foundation$20K
- Mary and Gordon Christopher Foundation$20K
- Vancouver Foundation$13K
- TELUS Friendly Future Foundation$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$5,574
- Music Heals Charitable Foundation$5,000
- Nicola Wealth Private Giving Foundation$2,500
- Save A Child International Foundation$2,051
- UniPHARM & Medicine Centre Pharmacies Charitable Foundation$500
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$500
- PayPal Giving Fund Canada$2
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
- $40,000–79,9999 positions
- Permanent full-time positions22
- Total compensation, all staff$1.6M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Katy Harandi (president); Allison Arai (treasurer); Tammy Kalla (director); Cindy Maltman (secretary); Robert Standerwick (director); Jennifer Gunasekera (director); Karen Carteri (director); Bonney Rempel (director); Glenn Laufer (director); Margaret Buttner (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Pals Autism Society’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 843939760RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.