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Next for Autism Inc

Next for autism transforms the national landscape of services for people with autism by strategically designing, launching, and supporting innovative programs.

$843k
Granted FY2024still arriving
35
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Health$4.7MEmployment$493kEducation$463kHuman Services$165kArts & Culture$150kYouth Development$45kRecreation & Sports$45kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 35 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k33 grants · $744k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
$25,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$3.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN$75,000
BANDING TOGETHER$25,000
NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION INC$25,000
THE ARC WESTCHESTER FOUNDATION$25,000
LEARNINGSPRING SCHOOL$25,000
COMMUNICATION 4 ALL INC$25,000
FISH IN A TREE$25,000
NEURODIVERSITY WORKS$25,000
THE ED ASNER FAMILY CENTER$25,000
TIKVA-ETTA & LAZEAR ISRAEL CENTER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED (ETTA)$25,000
SOCIEDAD DE EDUCACION Y REHABILITACION (SER) DE PUERTO RICO INC$25,000
SHEPHERD'S WAY INC$25,000
HAVE DREAMS$25,000
EVOLVE COACHING INC$25,000
SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER$25,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $467k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%TEXAS ROWING FOUNDATION: $25k → 10%ANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO: $20k → 16%ASMT INC: $24k → 14%DAMAR: $25k → 16%ASPIRTECH: $25k → 8%THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL: $25k → 16%SD PARENT CONNECTION INC: $25k → 9%EVOLVE COACHING INC: $25k → 11%NY CHILD LEARNING INSTITUTE: $55k → 13%ARIZONA AUTISM UNITED: $33k → 11%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $25k → 14%EXCEPTIONAL MINDS INC: $25k → 14%THE ARC WESTCHESTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MANHATTAN: $30k → 17%THE ARC WESTCHESTER FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%MARLENE MEYERSON JCC MANHATTAN: $25k → 17%SNACK & FRIENDS INC: $15k → 17%THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER OF MANHATTAN: $15k → 17%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

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OR
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CA
CO
NE
KY
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LA
GA
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US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.1M · 31 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +47% since the first grant, against +15% for the ones you funded once.

31 repeat relationships — 18 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
63

Total granted

$4.1M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+15%

Still filing today

97%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $374k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEmploymentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • TN
    THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC
    6× · 2018–2024 · $805k · revenue +28%
  • TH
    THE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2018–2023 · $349k · revenue +22%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT INC
    2× · 2018–2024 · $205k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • AS
    AUTISM SPEAKS
    one grant, 2018 · $170k
  • NA
    NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLSgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $75k · revenue +77%
  • OS
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $75k · revenue +6%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Potential Inc

Potential engages children and adults with autism in personalized programs that help them realize their full potential.

Human Services
2
Nysarc Inc New York City Chapter

We are committed to helping people with intellectual (cont. on schedule o) and developmental disabilities to live full lives.

Human Services
3
National Autism Center Inc

Amid the proliferation of advice about treatment options for autism, the ability to access accurate information about research-validated approaches is critically important to those seeking effective treatment.

Health
4
Teamability Inc

Teamability strives to ensure that children with severe multiple disabilities have the opportunity to benefit from therapeautic educational intervention to participate actively in life.

Education
5
Northeast Arc Inc

Helping adults and children with disabilities, (incl asd), become full participants in the community.

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6
Easter Seals North Texas

We help advance the independence of individuals with disabilities & other special needs.

Health
7
Center for Developmental Disabilities

The center's mission is to help children and adults with differing abilities achieve their dreams by overcoming barriers to living, working, learning & enjoying recreational opportunities in the community of their choice.

Human Services
8
Virginia Institute of Autism Inc

The virginia institute of autism is dedicated to helping people overcome the challenges of autism through innovative, evidence-based programs in education, outreach and adult services.

Philanthropy
9
Finding Autistic Solutions for Tomorrow

Assistance to families effected by autis

Health
10
The Riley Behavioral and Educational Center

Comprehensive services including outpatient behavioral and educational services through research proven interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders (asd).

Education
11
Melmark Inc

Melmark is a human services provider with premier private special education schools, professional development, training, and research centers. melmark is committed to enhancing the lives of individuals within diverse communities with…

Human Services
12
Eden Ii School for Autistic Children

The mission of eden ii programs is to support people with autism throughout their lives to achieve their full potential through service, science, and passion.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Services for the Underserved Inc and the most unlike its peers is The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Arts CentersCommunity FoundationsCommunity College Foundatio…Developmental Disabilities …Child Abuse Advocacy Servic…Equine Therapy ProgramsAffordable Housing Developm…Immigrant Worker SupportYouth Sports ProgramsJewish Community Organizati…Faith-Based Liberal Arts Co…Orchestra and Ensemble Perf…Independent K-12 SchoolsHealth Access Advocacy and …
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr14%17%5–10yr19%27%10–20yr16%13%20–35yr13%16%35–55yr16%23%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%4%<5yr14%14%5–10yr19%19%10–20yr16%17%20–35yr13%33%35–55yr16%14%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 4% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/110
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,455

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

102 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 102 of the 110 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
99/102
Grantees still filing
69/102
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC — $805,000 · OtherTHE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INCNEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK OF NEW YORK — $490,337 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK OF NEW YORKPREVAIL NJ INC — $200,000 · OtherPREVAIL NJ INCAUTISM SPEAKS — $170,000 · OtherAUTISM SPEAKS+28 more — $542,350 · Other+28 moreTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $349,244 · EducationTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUND…INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT INC — $205,000 · EducationINSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONA…Emory University — $80,000 · EducationEmory UniversityNYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLS — $75,000 · EducationNYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOO…COMMUNICATION 4 ALL INC — $75,000 · EducationCOMMUNICATION 4 ALL INCOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $75,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FO…SPECTRUM360 — $60,000 · EducationActionplay Incorporated — $55,000 · EducationLEARNINGSPRING SCHOOL — $45,000 · EducationVictory Academy Inc — $45,000 · Education+12 more — $262,374 · Education+12 moreELIJA TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS & SERVICES INC — $165,000 · HealthELIJA TRANSITIONAL PROG…WESTCHESTER ARC FOUNDATION INC — $133,000 · HealthWESTCHESTER ARC FOUNDAT…JULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION — $100,000 · HealthJULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY…The New York and Presbyterian Hospital — $95,095 · HealthThe New York and Presby…SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER — $75,000 · HealthSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEAR…SHEPHERDS WAY INC — $67,500 · HealthSHEPHERDS WAY INCOUR PLACE OF NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP — $57,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER — $50,500 · HealthELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION — $50,000 · HealthTHE ED ASNER FAMILY CENTER — $50,000 · HealthWILDERWOOD EQUINE THERAPY AND RESCUE — $49,520 · HealthBANDING TOGETHER — $45,000 · Health+13 more — $313,047 · Health+13 moreTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC — $70,000 · Human ServicesAabr Inc — $55,000 · Human ServicesNYSARC INC - WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHAPTER — $50,000 · Human ServicesEXCEPTIONAL MINDS — $50,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC — $32,500 · Human ServicesTexas Rowing Foundation Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesASPIRITECH NFP — $25,000 · Human ServicesDamar Services Inc — $25,000 · Human ServicesEVOLVE COACHING INC — $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE TRUE PROFESSIONAL — $25,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH DAKOTA PARENT CONNECTION — $25,000 · Human ServicesASMT INC dba AUTISM TENNESSEE — $24,000 · Human ServicesANY BABY CAN OF SAN ANTONIO INC — $20,000 · Human Services+1 more — $15,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY LIVING OPPORTUNITIES INC — $444,003 · Housing & ShelterHAVE DREAMS — $71,000 · EmploymentEMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING CAPABILITIES INC — $35,000 · EmploymentB3 COFFEE — $25,000 · EmploymentNEURODIVERSITY WORKS — $25,000 · EmploymentSPECTRUM DESIGNS FOUNDATION LTD — $25,000 · EmploymentLet's Work for Good Inc — $15,000 · Employment+2 more — $10,000 · EmploymentLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $36,050 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC — $35,000 · Arts & CultureFull Spectrum Features NFP — $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC — $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE TANK LTD — $25,000 · Arts & CultureBLUE LEGACY — $19,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more — $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$2,207,687Education$1,326,618Health$1,250,662Human Services$466,500Housing & Shelter$444,003Employment$206,000Arts & Culture$190,050

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetTHE NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN INC — $805,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK OF NEW YORK — $490,337 over 2y, 25% of budgetCOMMUNITY LIVING OPPORTUNITIES INC — $444,003 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTHE HUNTER COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC — $349,244 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT INC — $205,000 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetPREVAIL NJ INC — $200,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetELIJA TRANSITIONAL PROGRAMS & SERVICES INC — $165,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetWESTCHESTER ARC FOUNDATION INC — $133,000 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetJULIE AND MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetThe New York and Presbyterian Hospital — $95,095 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEmory University — $80,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER — $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLS — $75,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCOMMUNICATION 4 ALL INC — $75,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $75,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAVE DREAMS — $71,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN MANHATTAN INC — $70,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSHEPHERDS WAY INC — $67,500 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetSPECTRUM360 — $60,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOUR PLACE OF NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP — $57,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAabr Inc — $55,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetActionplay Incorporated — $55,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER — $50,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNYSARC INC - WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHAPTER — $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEXCEPTIONAL MINDS — $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE ED ASNER FAMILY CENTER — $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetWILDERWOOD EQUINE THERAPY AND RESCUE — $49,520 over 2y, 14% of budgetBANDING TOGETHER — $45,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetLEARNINGSPRING SCHOOL — $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetVictory Academy Inc — $45,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMERCY UNIVERSITY — $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC — $36,050 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arc of Northern Virginia — $35,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFull Spectrum Features NFP — $35,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetEMPOWERING PEOPLE INSPIRING CAPABILITIES INC — $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSCHOLARSHIP AMERICA INC — $33,350 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC — $32,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetABILIS INC — $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISTIC TREATMENT CENTER INC — $27,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM AND NEURODIVERSITY INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDREXEL UNIVERSITY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIDE PROJECT INC — $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetALPINE LEARNING GROUP FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetB3 COFFEE — $25,000 over 1y, 27% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Coleman Foundatio…The Arc of the United…The Disability Fund I…Td Charitable Foundat…The Warburg Pincus Fo…Jewish Community Foun…Enterprise Holdings F…The Hyde and Watson F…The Harry and Jeanett…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Analog Devices Founda…Aetna Foundation Inc
The Coleman Foundation IncIL15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Coleman Foundation Inc · The Arc of the United States · The Disability Fund Inc · Td Charitable Foundation · The Warburg Pincus Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · The Hyde and Watson Foundation · The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Analog Devices Foundation · Aetna Foundation Inc

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Next for Autism Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Abilis Inc — 74% of income from government
  • Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc — 24% of income from government
  • The New England Center for Children Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Side Project Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
26report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 110 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

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

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