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· Public charity

North Shore Autism Circle

to provide stimulating social & recreational activities for autistic children on their time off from regular school sessions

$84k
Granted FY2020
4
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$25k
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, FY2017 to 2020.

Health$431kHuman Services$262kRecreation & Sports$223kEmployment$167kEducation$15kArts & Culture$5k
02FY2020 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 4 grants below total $66,640, the rows itemized in this filing. The $83,874 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $17,234 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $61k
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$178k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Anderson Fdt for Autism$25,000
AUTISM SPEAKS LI$25,000
Be the Best Sport$11,140
Life's Worc$5,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $267k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 4% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Luv Michael: $10k → 13%Life's Worc: $8k → 6%Life's Worc: $8k → 6%Life's Worc: $6k → 6%Community Mainstreaming Assoc: $10k → 6%Community Mainstreaming Assoc: $10k → 6%MID ISLAND JCC: $66k → 6%MID ISLAND JCC: $45k → 6%MID ISLAND JCC: $37k → 6%Sid Jacobson JCC: $23k → 6%Sid Jacobson JCC: $23k → 6%Sid Jacobson JCC: $23k → 6%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.
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.

84%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$929k · 11 repeat orgs$174k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2020, 7 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$929k
$174k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+66%

Still filing today

100%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
HealthHuman ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsEmploymentPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MY
    MID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN
    3× · 2017–2019 · $148k · revenue +66%
  • BC
    BUCKLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL
    3× · 2017–2019 · $114k · revenue +16%
  • TF
    THE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE'S WORC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $76k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • TE
    THE ELIJA FARM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +97%
  • TA
    The Ascent School
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
  • TE
    The Elija FarmFdt
    one grant, 2017 · $15k
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
Nyc Autism Charter Schools

The mission of nyc autism charter schools is to provide individualized, scientifically based educational services to children with autism and other pervasive development disorders.

Education
2
Autismup Inc

To support individuals with autism spectrum disorder and their families by expanding and enhancing opportunites to improve quality of life

Health
3
Autism Services Association Inc

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.…

—
4
Center for Spectrum Services

Our mission is to evaluate individual needs, develop nurturing, therapeutic learning environments and foster professional growth. we believe that family, staff and community collaboration is the cornerstone of our success.

—
5
Winters Center for Autism

The center is a dynamic partnership of dedicated people working together to enhance the lives of adults with autism through job creation, training and placement to address the excessive unemployment rate among people with autism.

Health
6
Alexander Leigh Center for Autism

To provide an environment where children on the autistic spectrum can develop their potential academically, emotionally, socially, communicatively, physically and gain functional independence using programs and methods that are selected…

Education
7
The Manhattan Childrens Center

Provides transdisciplinary behavioral intervention and education to children and young adults, ages six to twenty-one, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities.

Education
8
New York Families for Autistic Children Inc

Our mission is to help people live the healthiest and fullest lives possible, and our first priority is those who live with the challenges associated with developmental disabilities.

Human Services
9
Autism Services Inc

To provide cost-effective residential, social, intellectual, physical and vocational services to individuals with autism in group homes and in home support.

—
10
Integrate Autism Employment Advisors Inc

The organization seeks to accomplish its purpose by advocating with employers to include individuals with autism spectrum diagnoses in their diversity and inclusion initiatives; educating employers about the business benefits of hiring…

Human Services
11
Autism Services Inc

Creating meaningful opportunities that enrich the lives of people with autism, their families and their community.

Health
12
The Elija School

The school's mission is to create hope and opportunity for children with autism, their families, caregivers, and the community at large utilizing the most effective, scientifically-validated educational and treatment programs available. we…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Nassau Suffolk Services for the Autistic Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Port Rowing. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
17/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUTISM SPEAKS INC: $254,250 · HealthAUTISM SPEAKS INCTHE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE'S WORC: $76,360 · HealthTHE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE…THE ELIJA FARM INC: $50,000 · HealthTHE ELIJA FARM INCNASSAU SUFFOLK SERVICES FOR THE AUTISTIC INC: $15,000 · Health+1 more: $12,500 · HealthMID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN: $147,636 · Human ServicesMID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNI…SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $68,670 · Human ServicesSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNI…LIFE'S WORC INC: $20,500 · Human ServicesLIFE'S WORC INCCommunity Mainstreaming Associates Inc: $20,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Mainstreaming Ass…LUV MICHAEL INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesBUCKLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $113,850 · EducationBUCKLEY COUNTRY DA…ANDERSON CENTER FOR AUTISM: $62,500 · EducationANDERSON CENTER FO…ASCENTA SCHOOL FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM: $7,796 · EducationBE THE BEST SPORT INC: $86,380 · Recreation & SportsBE THE BE…FRIENDS OF PORT ROWING: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsFRIENDS O…The Ascent School: $15,321 · OtherThe Elija FarmFdt: $15,000 · OtherAUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA NASSAU-SU: $15,000 · OtherFriendship Circle: $12,925 · OtherNassau Suffolk chof NSA: $5,500 · OtherSPECTRUM DESIGNS FOUNDATION LTD: $49,101 · EmploymentNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $30,000 · PhilanthropyNassau County Museum of Art: $5,300 · Arts & Culture
Health$408,110Human Services$266,806Education$184,146Recreation & Sports$96,380Other$63,746Employment$49,101Philanthropy$30,000Arts & Culture$5,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $254,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMID-ISLAND Y JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN: $147,636 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBUCKLEY COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL: $113,850 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBE THE BEST SPORT INC: $86,380 over 4y, 54% of budgetTHE FAMILY CENTER FOR ACHIEVEMENT CO LIFE'S WORC: $76,360 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetSID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $68,670 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetANDERSON CENTER FOR AUTISM: $62,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ELIJA FARM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetSPECTRUM DESIGNS FOUNDATION LTD: $49,101 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetNICHOLAS CENTER LTD: $30,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLIFE'S WORC INC: $20,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Mainstreaming Associates Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNASSAU SUFFOLK SERVICES FOR THE AUTISTIC INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA NASSAU-SU: $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTISTIC PERSONS: $12,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetLUV MICHAEL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF PORT ROWING: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetASCENTA SCHOOL FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM: $7,796 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNassau County Museum of Art: $5,300 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Peter & Jeri Dejana F…Jewish Communal FundThe Pfizer Foundation…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…National Philanthropi…The Bank of America C…Network for GoodAmerican Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Peter & Jeri Dejana FoundationNY15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Peter & Jeri Dejana Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 North Shore Autism Circle funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from North Shore Autism Circle. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 23 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record and reports $65k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2020, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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