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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 it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

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

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT INC$25,000
THE ED ASNER FAMILY CENTER$25,000
SHEPHERD'S WAY INC$25,000
THE PERFORMANCE ZONE INC (AUTISTICWHILEBLACK LLC)$25,000
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON$25,000
EVOLVE COACHING INC$25,000
SOUTHWEST AUTISM RESEARCH AND RESOURCE CENTER$25,000
ACTIONPLAY INC$25,000
THE TRUE PROFESSIONAL$25,000
EXCEPTIONAL MINDS INC$25,000
ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION INC$25,000
JULIE & MICHAEL TRACY FAMILY FOUNDATION (URBAN AUTISM SOLUTIONS)$25,000
HAVE DREAMS$25,000
SOCIEDAD DE EDUCACION Y REHABILITACION (SER) DE PUERTO RICO INC$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its 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 its 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
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
NE
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

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

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +15% for those 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
62

Total granted

$4.1M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+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 & CultureEmploymentYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

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

04Its field

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.

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
The Riley Behavioral and Educational Center

Evidence-based intervention and services using an interdisciplinary team to fulfill the urgent need for earlier diagnosis and effective intervention for children through young adults with autism spectrum disorders (asd).

Education
4
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
5
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
6
Northeast Arc Inc

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

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7
The Center for Discovery Inc

The center for discovery offers individuals with a range of disabilities and medical frailties - and their families - innovative educational, clinical, residential, social and creative arts experiences designed to enrich their lives…

Health
8
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
9
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
10
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
11
Autism Family Services of Nj

Autism family services of new jersey is dedicated to ensuring a better quality of life for individuals with autism and their families. our skilled team works in partnership with families to address daily challenges, foster communication,…

Human Services
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc; 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.
04the grantee network

102 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. 102 of the 110 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
99/102
Grantees still filing
70/102
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and 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 UniversityCOMMUNICATION 4 ALL INC: $75,000 · EducationCOMMUNICATION 4 ALL INCOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FO…NYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOLS: $75,000 · EducationNYC AUTISM CHARTER SCHOO…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 ServicesEXCEPTIONAL MINDS: $50,000 · Human ServicesNYSARC INC - WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHAPTER: $50,000 · Human ServicesARIZONA AUTISM UNITED INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesTexas Rowing Foundation Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE TRUE PROFESSIONAL: $25,000 · Human ServicesSOUTH DAKOTA PARENT CONNECTION: $25,000 · Human ServicesASPIRITECH NFP: $25,000 · Human ServicesEVOLVE COACHING INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesDamar Services Inc: $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 · EmploymentNEURODIVERSITY WORKS: $25,000 · EmploymentB3 COFFEE: $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 & CultureTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $35,000 · Arts & CultureFull Spectrum Features NFP: $35,000 · Arts & CultureTHE NEW 42ND STREET 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 grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's 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 budgetCOMMUNICATION 4 ALL INC: $75,000 over 2y, 29% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 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 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 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 budgetNYSARC INC - WESTCHESTER COUNTY CHAPTER: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetTHEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND INC: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFull Spectrum Features NFP: $35,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetTHE NEW 42ND STREET INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 budgetALPINE LEARNING GROUP FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetTHE PERFORMANCE ZONE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTexas Rowing Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetAUTISM EMPOWERMENT: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSIBLING LEADERSHIP NETWORK: $25,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetSOCIEDAD DE EDUCACION Y REHABILITACION SER DE P R: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
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.

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.

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

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Next for Autism Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Next for Autism Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 110 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home