Autism Science Foundation FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Scarsdale, NY501(c)(3)Diseases & DisordersEIN 26-4522309Revenue $996K in FY2020

On file with the IRSautismsciencefoundation.org3 Continental Rd, 10583-7711 · Scarsdale, NYTax-exempt since Jun 2009Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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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.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$178K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$178K
to officers and key staff · 27% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 27% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.3 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
$21K
4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 4% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 6 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 6 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$996K
Spent
$664K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$521K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$996K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$996K
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$2.6M
Expenses
$664K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$664K
FY2021$698K
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.5M
Net assets
$521K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$521K
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$693K
FY2023$682K
FY2024$1.8M

From the FY2020 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.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $456K Management & general 27% · $179K Fundraising 4% · $29K

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

9 people listed on the 990; $178K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Chief Science Officer
$178,028Pt VII · Sec A
Chairman of the Board
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director (thru September)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

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

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1 program · $456K · in their own filed words · FY2020
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In 2020, autism science foundation (asf) launched a new funding mechanism, COVID-19 pivot grants, to enable researchers to adapt existing research projects to new pandemic-based restrictions. Asf created dedicated COVID-19 stakeholder specific resource pages for families, scientists and clinicians.

$456Kprogram expense

Funders

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 FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$996K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$101K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$664K
Ln 25
Programscol B$456K
Managementcol C$179K
Fundraisingcol D$29K
Owns and owesPt X
$521K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$292K
Total assetsLn 16$542K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a6
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.0M
Government grantsLn 1e$39K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$11K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$421K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$101K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$996K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$292K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$292K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$542K
LiabilitiesLn 26$21K
Net assetsLn 32$521K
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$363K$292K
Total assetsLn 16$410K$542K
LiabilitiesLn 26$262K$21K
Net assetsLn 32$148K$521K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$78K$78K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$316K$234K$63K$18K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$6K$2K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$24K$16K$5K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$36K$36K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$60K$10K$50K
Office expensesLn 13$32K$14K$18K$555
OccupancyLn 16$58K$46K$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$15K$15K$175
InsuranceLn 23$3K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$664K$456K$179K$29K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $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 Viewing $996K$664K$331K$521K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $995,751 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,036,703$1,039,203
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $133,048$101,309
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,096$1,451
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$193,475−$146,212
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $978,372$995,751
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $278,005$78,380
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $259,725$350,344
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $399,058$235,706
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $936,788$664,430
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $41,584$331,321
Part VI · Governance 6 of 6 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body6
VI-1b Independent voting members6
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 $995,751 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$420,647
VIII-1e Government grants$39,100
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$579,456
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$11,212
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,039,203
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $101,309$101,309
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,451$1,451
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$146,212−$146,212
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $101,309 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$144,761$995,751
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $664,430 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $78,380$78,380
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $234,497 · Management $63,090 · Fundraising $18,467$316,054
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,411 · Management $2,152 · Fundraising $1,283$9,846
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $15,916 · Management $5,342 · Fundraising $3,186$24,444
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $6,786$6,786
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $25,265$25,265
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $35,843$35,843
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,121 · Management $50,140$60,261
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $14,022 · Management $17,845 · Fundraising $555$32,422
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $46,070 · Management $5,759 · Fundraising $5,759$57,588
IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,717 · Management $175$14,892
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,649$2,649
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $455,977 · Management $179,203 · Fundraising $29,250$664,430
Part X · Balance sheet $541,917 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $197,403$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $165,174$292,177
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $750$191,489
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $10,944$18,286
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $23,784$39,965
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $11,850$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $409,905$541,917
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,861$11,078
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $248,213$10,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $262,074$21,078
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$2,169$345,839
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $150,000$175,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $147,831$520,839
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $409,905$541,917
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $520,839 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$995,751
XI-2 Total expenses$664,430
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$331,321
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$147,831
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$41,687
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$520,839

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