Sources of Revenue

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Expenditures

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For year ended March 31, 2021

Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended March 31, 2021, with comparative information for 2020.

  2021 2020

REVENUE

 $ $
Major Gifts (corporate, individual and foundations) 2,720,943 3,642,721
Planned Giving 4,991,455 5,376,873
Direct Response 7,564,618 6,733,987
Events 746,730 2,501,182
Government 7,508,11 5,416,216
Other 2,920,779 3,149,917
TOTAL REVENUE 26,452,635 26,820,894

EXPENSES
$
$
Research 3,556,737 4,293,200
Programs and services 8,979,077 10,406,648
Building operation 658,601 583,467
Administration 2,629,589 2,649,466
15,824,004 17,932,781
Cost of raising funds from the public 7,901,130 10,845,902
TOTAL EXPENSES 23,725,134 28,778,683

EXCESS (deficiency) of revenue over expenses

2,727,501

(1,957,789)
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Diane Blake

Meet Diane

Witnessing their mothers experience pain and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis inspired Diane Blake and Stephen Smith to support the Arthritis Society’s research efforts with a $100,000 gift.

“Arthritis is often perceived as being in a different category from cancer or stroke, for example, but it affects a significant number of people and is very debilitating and painful,” says Diane. Though her mother’s generation often considered arthritis an inevitable part of aging, Diane believes “we have to make an effort to preserve the quality of life for people in their later years.”

Diane has taken this to heart. In addition to her own gift, she hosted a virtual event in September 2020 to introduce friends to the Arthritis Society and arthritis research.

“Due to our personal experiences with our mothers, and because we know there currently is no cure, we feel that arthritis research can have a big impact.”