· Public charity
In Search of a Cure
Provision of funding to various organization exempt under section 501(c)(3) primarily to organizations active in the treatment of,and finding a cure for, autism and to provide financial support for families who have children in need.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2021
- $10k–50k3 grants · $71k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $234k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| EASTER SEALS | $234,000 |
| MISERICORDIA | $31,275 |
| FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION | $24,970 |
| LITTLE FRIENDS | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $98k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ESEASTER SEALS INC6× · 2017–2022 · $1.0M · revenue -10%
- MMISERICORDIA6× · 2017–2022 · $199k
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICS2× · 2017–2019 · $168k
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $90k
- SOSPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOISgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $30k · revenue +67%
- NSNAVY SAFE HARBOR FOUNDATIONone grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +1%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The mission of special olympics wisconsin, inc. is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing…
Easter seals southern ca provides services that empower individuals with disabilities and special needs at all stages of life. autism services, independent living services, social skills support, early childhood education services, and…
Nassau suffolk services for the autistic (nssa) offers hope to people with autism and their families by providing high quality life-long support through services which enable people with autism to function better in everday life. nssa…
The autism society envisions individuals and families living with autism are able to maximize their quality of life, are treated with the highest level of dignity, and live in a society in which their talents and skills are appreciated and…
To provide cost-effective residential, social, intellectual, physical and vocational services to individuals with autism in group homes and in home support.
Through year-round sports and training, individuals with intellectual disabilities are given the chance to gain confidence, seek opportunities to improve their physical fitness, demonstrate pride, and participate in their communities.
Easter seals metropolitan chicago, inc. transforms the lives of early learners and individuals of all abilities through access to expert educational, family and community services.
The special olympics movement uses sport as a vehicle for acceptance, respect, inclusion, dignity, and joy. we provide year-round sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
To enable individuals who have developmental and/or physical disabilities to have the opportunity to attain their highest level of skills, purpose and independence.
Provide olympic sports training/competition for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Provides community employment and awareness, vocational and developmental skills, to young adults and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities in central and eastern massachusetts. transportation services are also provided.…
Lifeworks provides education, jobs and homes for persons with developmental disabilities empowering them to lead meaningful lives within the community. our guiding principles ensure that lifeworks staff and volunteers strive to create and…
How this is measured
10 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 10 of the 18 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds EASTER SEALS INC ↗
- Who funds LITTLE FRIENDS INC ↗
- Who funds FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SPECIAL OLYMPICS ILLINOIS ↗
- Who funds NAVY SAFE HARBOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MARCH OF DIMES INC ↗
- Who funds DEAN ANTHONY KATSAROS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SHORE COMMUNITY SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds TEAMSTERS LOCAL 25 AUTISM FUND INC ↗
- Who funds BRAVEHEARTS THERAPEUTIC RIDING AND EDUCATIONAL CENTER ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization In Search of a Cure funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from In Search of a Cure. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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