South Asian Autism Awareness Centre
Charitable organization · Scarborough, Ontario · BN 822333829RR0001 · Core Health Care · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-03-31. Split of total expenditures ($7,281,471) as filed with the CRA.
South Asian Autism Awareness Centre is a charitable organization based in Scarborough, Ontario, classified by the CRA under core health care. In its fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, it reported $7.8M in revenue and $7.3M in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 46% from government, 9% from other charities. In 2024, 14 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $939K.
Compared with 453 health charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 94% of peers. Its highest-paid positions fell in the $80,000–119,999 range (11 positions in that band). The charity reported 101 permanent full-time positions.
Revenue has grown substantially over its filings on record here, from $1.6M in 2020 to $7.8M in 2024. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1. Provide high quality personalized programs/services to individuals on the autism spectrum and their families 2 increase access to autism services and information for high needs communities 3. Develop community capacity to support and empower individuals on the autism spectrum and their families 4. Support practitioners organizations and policy creators in ensuring cultural-responsiveness in the care of individuals on the autism spectrum and their families
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $7.8M | $7.3M | $7.2M | $93K | — | $3.5M |
| 2023 | $7M | $5.2M | $5.1M | $88K | — | $3M |
| 2022 | $3M | $2.6M | $2.6M | $41K | — | $1.2M |
| 2021 | $1.8M | $1.4M | $1.3M | $42K | — | — |
| 2020 | $1.6M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $190K | — | $422K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Received $939K from 14 charities:
- The Northpine Foundation$350K
- RBC Foundation$295K
- United Way of Greater Toronto$153K
- The Azrieli Foundation$73K
- Unity for Autism$25K
- Srinarayanathas Foundation$10K
- Els For Autism Canada$10K
- Canadian Online Giving Foundation$9,500
- Vancouver Foundation$5,400
- Tamil Christian Church of Canada$5,000
- Toronto Foundation$1,215
- Strategic Charitable Giving Foundation$1,000
- Canadahelps Canadon$452
- CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada)$97
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,99911 positions
- $40,000–79,99990 positions
- Permanent full-time positions101
- Total compensation, all staff$5.1M
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Tony Balasingham (director); Geetha Moorthy (founder and director); Nishan Duraiappah (director); Erasiah Kobikrishna (director); Ajantha Ganeshalingam (treasurer); Sadhyesh Mahendran (vice chair); Chris Pasarikovski (director); Meera Mather (director); Biruntha Sritharan (director); Jonathan Wiss (director); Praveeen Rayar (director); Lindy Zaretsky (board chair).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from South Asian Autism Awareness Centre’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 822333829RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.