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Autism Science Foundation

See schedule oto support autism research by providing funding and other assistance to scientists and organizations conducting, facilitating, publicizing and disseminating autism research. The organization also provides information about autism to the general public and serves to increase awareness of autism spectrum disorders and the…

$455k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
11
Itemized grants FY2024
6
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$426k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$35,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$98,000
Organizations funded a year
1 to 13
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$2.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Autism Science Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHealthScience & TechOther
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 arriving9$356k22%
FY20236$242k50%
FY202210$183k60%
FY20216$122k50%
FY20201$11k100%
FY20195$155k40%
FY201810$338k60%
FY201713$912kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.4MHealth$955kScience & Tech$125k

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of California San Francisco$521,6624n/a
University of California Davis$348,8306n/a
Regents Univ of California$196,2825n/a
The Broad Institute Inc$146,13110%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$110,0003n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$96,5003n/a
Rutgers the State University$85,0002n/a
Washington University$77,50030%
Emory University$57,01420%
Children's Hospital Corporation$55,00020%
Show all 36 grantees
All grantees of Autism Science Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of California San Francisco$521,6624n/a
University of California Davis$348,8306n/a
Regents Univ of California$196,2825n/a
The Broad Institute Inc$146,13110%
Regents of the University of California at San Diego$110,0003n/a
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$96,5003n/a
Rutgers the State University$85,0002n/a
Washington University$77,50030%
Emory University$57,01420%
Children's Hospital Corporation$55,00020%
Johns Hopkins University$50,00010%
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$42,50020%
International Society for Autism Research$38,00022%
New York University$35,00010%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$35,00020%
Seattle Children's Hospital$35,00010%
Ut Southwestern Health Systems$35,00011%
Vanderbilt University Medical Center$35,00010%
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$35,00010%
Indiana University School of Medicine$25,0001n/a
Trustees of Boston University$25,00010%
Massachusetts General Hospital$25,0001n/a
University of Miami$25,00010%
University of Minnesota$25,0001n/a
University of Wisconsin Madison$25,0001n/a
Arizona State University$23,3331n/a
The Johns Hopkins Hospital$22,33810%
University of Rochester$17,50010%
Rutgers (The State University of New Jersey)$17,5001n/a
Peerbots$11,0001n/a
Els for Autism Foundation$10,00010%
Lehigh University$7,50010%
Hugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Inc$7,50010%
Boston University$7,5001n/a
Regents of the University of Michigan$6,2501n/a
Florida State University Research Foundation Inc$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Autism Science Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Broad Institute Inc: $146,131 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWashington University: $77,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University: $57,014 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Hospital Corporation: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJohns Hopkins University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: $42,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Society for Autism Research: $38,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNew York University: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSeattle Children's Hospital: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUt Southwestern Health Systems: $35,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetVanderbilt University Medical Center: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTrustees of Boston University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Miami: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Johns Hopkins Hospital: $22,338 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Rochester: $17,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEls for Autism Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLehigh University: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHugo W Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlorida State University Research Foundation Inc: $5,000 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 21.

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How do I get to Autism Science Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Autism Science Foundation 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 Science Foundation

How much does Autism Science Foundation give?
Autism Science Foundation reported 11 itemized grants totaling $426,333, out of $455,482 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Autism Science Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (57%), Health (38%), Science & Tech (5%).
Who are Autism Science Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of California San Francisco ($522k), University of California Davis ($349k), Regents Univ of California ($196k).
Does Autism Science Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Where is Autism Science Foundation based?
Autism Science Foundation is based in NY.

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 39 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.

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