Society for Treatment of Autism (nova Scotia)
Publicly funded institution · Sydney, Nova Scotia · BN 134415256RR0001 · Core Health Care
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($5,035,990) as filed with the CRA.
Society for Treatment of Autism (nova Scotia) is a charitable organization based in Sydney, 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 $5M in revenue and $5M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 100% from government. Government funding is the majority of its budget. In 2024, 5 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $912.
Compared with 717 health institutions of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 55% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 32 permanent full-time positions.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 11 names.
In its own words
Autism treatment services of canada is a national affiliation of an organization that provides a plan to provide treatment education management and consultation services to people with autism and related disorders across canada
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $5M | $5M | $4.5M | — | — | -$442K |
| 2023 | $4.1M | $4.3M | $3.8M | — | — | -$401K |
| 2022 | $4.1M | $4.2M | $4M | — | — | -$272K |
| 2021 | $4.4M | $4.4M | $4.2M | — | — | -$108K |
| 2020 | $3.8M | $3.9M | $3.6M | — | — | -$66K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $912 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
- $1–39,9995 positions
- Permanent full-time positions32
- Total compensation, all staff$4.2M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Charlene Hunter (chairperson); Reginald Landry (board member); Raylene Kearney (board member); Francine Burke (vice chair/ board member); Cindy Higdon (board member); Allan Macsween (board member); Allan McCarthy (board member); Amanda Stewart (board member); Cindy Macdonald (board member); Amanda Michealakis (board member); Dale Deering-Bert (board member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Society for Treatment of Autism (nova Scotia)’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 134415256RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.