Support Autism research and provide funding to scientists and organizations conducting Autism research; educate the public about Autism spectrum disorder and about advances in Autism research; support and promote the needs of individuals and families affected by the disorder.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $319K a year · 22% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$328K
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.3 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
5
named funders · $191K
Looks good: 5 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$212K
10% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 10% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
+109% vs prior year
Spent
$1.5M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$1.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +109%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$996K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$2.6M
Expenses
$1.5M
FY2024▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$664K
FY2021$698K
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$1.8M
FY2024▲ +171%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$521K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$693K
FY2023$682K
FY2024$1.8M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jun 2009.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $1.1M Management & general 15% · $213K Fundraising 13% · $184K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $328K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Science Officer
$215,008Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Director of Operations
$113,400Pt VII · Sec A
Chair of Board (thru May)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alycia Halladay Ross’s $215K as Chief Science Officer is at the 79th percentile of top reported officer pay among 733 $1–10M diseases & disorders nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Alycia Halladay Ross$215,008—$189,602$178,870$178,028
Alycia Halladay—$204,770———
Casey Gold-Casey$113,400$108,000———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

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Funds autism research, educates the public, and supports affected individuals and families.

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1 program · $1.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

In 2024, the autism science foundation continued its mission to fund high impact autism research by funding 16 new grants to study the causes of autism and develop autism treatments. This included doubling the number of profound autism pilot grants.

$1.1Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 38 grants · $1.1M · 2020–2024
The Regents of the University of California DavisFY2024$98,000
Rutgers the State UniversityNJ · FY2024$50,000
Emory UniversityGA · FY2024$35,000
Washington UniversityMO · FY2024$35,000
Regents Univ of CaliforniaCA · FY2024$35,000
Yale UniversityCT · FY2024$35,000
Arizona State UniversityFY2024$23,333
Els for Autism FoundationFL · FY2024$10,000
Regents Univ of CaliforniaCA · FY2023$60,000
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD · FY2023$50,000
Rutgers the State UniversityNJ · FY2023$35,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$8,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Money outPt IX
$1.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.1M
Managementcol C$213K
Fundraisingcol D$184K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$212K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$59K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$945K
Investment incomeLn 3$13K
Gains on assetsLn 7$48
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$278K
SavingsLn 2$730K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$677K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2K
Other assetsLn 15$230K
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$212K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$489K$1.0M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$102K$677K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$2K
Total assetsLn 16$851K$2.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$169K$212K
Net assetsLn 32$682K$1.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$455K$455K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$875$875
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$223K$223K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$233K$101K$59K$72K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$3K$680$763
Other employee benefitsLn 9$17K$11K$3K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$33K$22K$5K$6K
Legal feesLn 11b$16K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$56K$56K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$195K$102K$2K$91K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$33K$6K$27K
Office expensesLn 13$8K$2K$6K
Information technologyLn 14$38K$19K$13K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$36K$21K$10K$5K
TravelLn 17$20K$19K$591
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$78K$76K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$9K$9K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$684$2K$155
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.5M$1.1M$213K$184K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.6M$1.5M$1.1M$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.3M−$23K$682K 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.2M$1.7M−$456K$693K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$698K$621K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $996K$664K$331K$521K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,579,702 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,528,546$2,920,620
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $17,569$13,408
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$314,494−$354,326
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,231,621$2,579,702
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $301,347$455,482
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $522,572$509,129
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $430,635$493,251
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,254,554$1,457,862
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$22,933$1,121,840
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,579,702 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $13,016 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$945,460
VIII-1e Government grants$59,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,916,160
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,920,620
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $13,360$13,360
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $48$48
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$367,342−$367,342
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$340,918$2,579,702
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,457,862 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $454,607$454,607
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $875$875
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $222,533$222,533
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $101,287 · Management $59,452 · Fundraising $72,163$232,902
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,017 · Management $680 · Fundraising $763$4,460
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,303 · Management $2,548 · Fundraising $2,856$16,707
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,005 · Management $4,961 · Fundraising $5,561$32,527
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $16,231$16,231
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $56,148$56,148
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $102,132 · Management $1,715 · Fundraising $91,386$195,233
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,705 · Management $27,216$32,921
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,109 · Management $5,979$8,088
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $19,015 · Management $13,117 · Fundraising $6,265$38,397
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $21,171 · Management $10,371 · Fundraising $4,793$36,335
IX-17 TravelPrograms $19,221 · Management $591$19,812
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $75,703 · Management $2,535$78,238
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $9,404$9,404
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $684 · Management $1,605 · Fundraising $155$2,444
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,061,367 · Management $212,553 · Fundraising $183,942$1,457,862
Part X · Balance sheet $2,058,588 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $47; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $284,207$277,772
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $204,593$729,847
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $48,095$120,866
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$168
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $32,242$21,296
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,970$1,567
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $101,908$676,568
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $168,826$230,457
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $850,841$2,058,588
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $25,265$12,109
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $132,500$90,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $11,000$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$109,432
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $168,765$211,541
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $587,076$1,733,236
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $95,000$113,811
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $682,076$1,847,047
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $850,841$2,058,588
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,847,047 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,579,702
XI-2 Total expenses$1,457,862
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,121,840
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$682,076
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$43,131
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,847,047

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