Letter from Board of Directors and Executive Director

To our cherished ACAS members,

Enclosed you will find the details of our latest strategic plan, in effect from 2023-26. Over the course of nearly a year, we worked closely with key stakeholders, our staff and board of directors, the Ontario Organizational Development Program of the Ontario AIDS Network, and San Patten and Associates, to craft a plan that both honours ACAS’ history and moves us forward with integrity.

The most important part of the process of developing this plan was consulting our stakeholders. They range from supporters and members of ACAS who have been a part of our story since the very beginning, to folks who will have a part in writing our story to come. With their insights and guidance, we were able to highlight and consolidate focus areas in which ACAS will invest in the next three years.

The focus areas are as follows: (1) sustainable financial growth and organizational stability, (2) establishing and nurturing strategic partnerships, (3) enriching, evolving and creating programming, and (4) developing a stronger outward-facing profile, accentuating our presence in Toronto and beyond. In the spirit of the plan being strategic per se, the directions set out below are meant to enable ACAS to change and advance as required by opportunities and needs both within the context of the ASO space and the general sphere of non-profit work.

In elaborating on the acknowledgement section at the end of this document, the board would like to express profound appreciation for ACAS’ executive director of the last two decades, Noulmook Sutdhibhasilp. Under Noulmook’s leadership, the organization has continued to grow and thrive. Special thanks also to the incredible staff of ACAS, who work day in and day out to ensure that the communities that need ACAS’ services are treated with dignity and receive the resources necessary to ensure their wellbeing. To all those who took valuable time out of your schedules to advise us on this strategic plan, we are grateful for you. To our donors and funders – individual, corporate and government – we would not exist without you. Thank you for your continued support and conviction in the necessity of our work.