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AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION

AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION (Alberta) receives grants from 31 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,918,352 to it, the largest being AUTISM SOCIETY ALBERTA (C$503,456). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

C$1.4M
Revenue FY2024
31
Funders on record
C$1.9M
Grants received
C$533k
Net assets
19/31 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%

Against its field

AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION is better cushioned than half of the 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−8% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,748 organizations relieving poverty nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Three funders worth looking at

Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.

See all 12 prospects and why each one surfaced →
01The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 (C$775k) Expenses 100 (C$693k) Net assets 100 (C$261k)2018 Revenue 100 (C$771k) Expenses 107 (C$744k) Net assets 93 (C$243k)2019 Revenue 111 (C$863k) Expenses 124 (C$861k) Net assets 93 (C$244k)2020 Revenue 138 (C$1.1M) Expenses 131 (C$904k) Net assets 156 (C$408k)2021 Revenue 145 (C$1.1M) Expenses 152 (C$1.0M) Net assets 187 (C$488k)2022 Revenue 149 (C$1.2M) Expenses 171 (C$1.2M) Net assets 176 (C$460k)2023 Revenue 199 (C$1.5M) Expenses 195 (C$1.4M) Net assets 246 (C$643k)2024 Revenue 178 (C$1.4M) Expenses 215 (C$1.5M) Net assets 204 (C$533k)
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Revenue (178)Expenses (215)Net assets (204)Peer revenue range

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 58% · 2018 54% · 2019 66% · 2020 72% · 2021 77% · 2022 55% · 2023 78% · 2024 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

71% of AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (8% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,313 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

C$82k
’17
C$27k
’18
C$2k
’19
C$164k
’20
C$77k
’21
−C$29k
’22
C$188k
’23
−C$109k
’24
6.7
months of
reserve
02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 14 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose C$162k → C$417k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
Autism Society Albertaunclassified
C$503k
The Calgary Foundationunclassified
C$297k
Canadahelps Canadonunclassified
C$137k
Els For Autism Canadaidentity?
C$25k
PayPal Giving Fund Canadaunclassified
C$13k
B. Stefanich Foundationunclassified
C$10k
BenefAction Foundationunclassified
C$5k
Vancouver Foundationunclassified
C$1k
Atco Electric Epicunclassified
C$1k
funders
14
14
11
12
8
12
13
11

From the CRA filings of AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION.

26%
largest funder
62%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 50% · 2019 39% · 2020 46% · 2021 62% · 2022 57% · 2023 47% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

33% of AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

83% of AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Alberta funders.

In-province vs out-of-province, by year

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’22
’23
Alberta out of province

Funder regions come from each funder’s own filing. C$152k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 regions is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024 is still being filed and is shown unshaded; it does not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first. Your 31 funders put you under-funded among the 400 organizations that share them.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

Government revenue AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION reports

Federal, provincial and municipal funding on the organization’s own T3010 return.

FY2024C$881k
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  • 64% of FY2024 revenue
  • As filed, not traced to an award

Organizations like AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every charity on the CRA register — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Alberta

Autism Society Alberta83%Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary80%Centre for Autism Services Alberta79%Society for Autism Support and Services (Calgary Region)78%Children's Autism Services of Edmonton77%Alberta Adaptabilities Association75%Parent Support Association of Calgary74%Aspire Child Development Centre74%

Nationally

Autism Society Alberta83%Autism Aspergers Friendship Society of Calgary80%Centre for Autism Services Alberta79%Society for Autism Support and Services (Calgary Region)78%Children's Autism Services of Edmonton77%Autism Services of Saskatoon Inc.76%Autism Society Canada / Société Canadienne De L'autisme76%The Autism Centre of Canada75%
04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own T3010 return, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members

Questions and answers

Who funds AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION?
AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION (Alberta) receives grants from 31 organizations whose Canada Revenue Agency filings report C$1,918,352 to it, the largest being AUTISM SOCIETY ALBERTA (C$503,456). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION have?
Canada Revenue Agency filings report 31 organizations giving C$1,918,352 in grants to AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION?
AUTISM SOCIETY ALBERTA is the largest funder on record, with C$503,456 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AUTISM CALGARY ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alberta.

Play a game about who funds Autism Calgary Association →

These figures are read directly from the CRA's published T3010 data: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported September 23, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · View the T3010 on the CRA register