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Autism Research Institute

The mission of the Autism Research Institute is to advance the health of autistic people through biomedical research and free education.

$809k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
4
Itemized grants FY2024
4
Organizations funded FY2023
100%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$275k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
4 to 9
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$5.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Autism Research Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $245k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’22’23
EducationHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving4$275k75%
FY20234$245k100%
FY20225$250k80%
FY20205$197k80%
FY20195$190k100%
FY20189$201kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Health$950kScience & Tech$331kEducation$128k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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CA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$195,05020%
The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc$100,00016%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$98,8752n/a
University of California Davis$82,8392n/a
University of Texas at Dallas$50,0001n/a
University of Missouri - Columbia$50,0001n/a
University of Miami$50,0001n/a
Duke University$50,00010%
University of Minnesota$50,0001n/a
Seattle Children's Hospital$50,00010%
Show all 23 grantees
All grantees of Autism Research Institute by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$195,05020%
The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc$100,00016%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$98,8752n/a
University of California Davis$82,8392n/a
University of Texas at Dallas$50,0001n/a
University of Missouri - Columbia$50,0001n/a
University of Miami$50,0001n/a
Duke University$50,00010%
University of Minnesota$50,0001n/a
Seattle Children's Hospital$50,00010%
Rutgers the State University$50,0001n/a
Ucla Payment Solutions and Compliance$50,0001n/a
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$50,00010%
Geisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med$49,99210%
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation$30,20010%
South Carolina Research Foundation$26,80010%
Arizona State University$25,0001n/a
Baylor College of Medicine$25,00010%
Trustees of Boston University$21,00010%
Mass General Brigham Incorporated$20,0001n/a
Greenwood Genetic Center Inc$10,50010%
Drew University$7,48510%
Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc$6,00010%

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($210k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Autism Research Institute supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $195,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetDuke University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Hospital: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGeisinger Commonwealth Sch of Med: $49,992 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Cleveland Clinic Foundation: $30,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouth Carolina Research Foundation: $26,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaylor College of Medicine: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenwood Genetic Center Inc: $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDrew University: $7,485 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetResearch Foundation for Mental Hygiene Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 13.

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How do I get to Autism Research Institute?

Find your warmest path to Autism Research Institute through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Autism Research Institute

How much does Autism Research Institute give?
Autism Research Institute reported 4 itemized grants totaling $275,000, out of $809,463 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does Autism Research Institute fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (67%), Science & Tech (24%), Education (9%).
Who are Autism Research Institute's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University ($195k), The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development Inc ($100k), Mass General Brigham Incorporated ($99k).
Does Autism Research Institute fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Autism Research Institute based?
Autism Research Institute is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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