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The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc

The mission of the flutie foundation is to help people and families affected by autism live life to the fullest. Our programs and partnerships improve the quality of everyday life for people and families affected by autism along seven key dimensions that are critical to living each day fully. We aim to provide a path for education and/or…

$2.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
96
Itemized grants FY2024
82
Organizations funded FY2023
40%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$1.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$167,328
Organizations funded a year
25 to 82
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
12
Total assets, FY2024
$4.6M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 40% of the organizations The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $388k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentEmploymentOther
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 arriving94$1.4M44%
FY202382$1.2M40%
FY202277$1.4M36%
FY202176$915k57%
FY202046$584k41%
FY201945$485k67%
FY201825$268k52%
FY201730$453kn/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.

Health$2.7MHuman Services$1.2MRecreation & Sports$876kEducation$634kEmployment$396kArts & Culture$270kPublic Benefit$167kYouth Development$149kOther$0

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
The Boston Athletic Association$460,00041%
Northeast Arc Inc$236,35380%
Cape Cod Community College$167,3281n/a
Spectrum Designs Foundation Ltd$145,26461%
Amegoinc$140,79360%
Advocates Inc$139,01970%
The Guild for Human Services Inc$135,43140%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$122,0827n/a
Accessportsamerica Inc$110,00056%
Promise Inc$107,84762%
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All grantees of The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Boston Athletic Association$460,00041%
Northeast Arc Inc$236,35380%
Cape Cod Community College$167,3281n/a
Spectrum Designs Foundation Ltd$145,26461%
Amegoinc$140,79360%
Advocates Inc$139,01970%
The Guild for Human Services Inc$135,43140%
Umass Chan Medical School Foundation Inc$122,0827n/a
Accessportsamerica Inc$110,00056%
Promise Inc$107,84762%
Circle of Vietnamese Parents Inc$98,365683%
Judge Baker Children's Center$98,21040%
Youre With Us Inc$98,01764%
House of Possibilities Inc$93,84971%
Association for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc$92,00081%
Vermont Family Network Inc$86,00081%
Autism Families Connecticut Inc$85,211712%
Arc Massachusetts Inc$79,84752%
Melmark New England Inc$78,5188n/a
Pine Tree Society Inc$75,14330%
Special Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley$75,13057%
Micahs Voice$75,000279%
Zack Heger Foundation Inc$74,0111n/a
3LPlace Inc$68,55343%
Let's Work for Good Inc$61,50058%
Community Autism Resources Inc$61,20052%
University of Massachusetts Foundation - Camp Shriver$60,0001n/a
Tech Kids Unlimited Inc$58,85152%
University of Massachusetts Foundation Inc$57,50040%
Somali Parents Advocacy Center for Education Inc$55,625410%
The Arc of the South Shore Inc$55,19150%
The North East Educational and Developmental Supports Center Inc$54,82340%
Spectrum Empowerment Project$50,450215%
Epic Players Inc$50,04236%
Reed Foundation for Autism Inc$49,50041%
Nonpareil Institute$48,50031%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc$41,84740%
Italian Home for Children Inc$41,60930%
Bryces Journey Inc$41,50058%
Harmony Farms Inc$41,41549%
Raising Harts Corporation$38,519216%
J Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center$38,14050%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$38,00040%
Massachusetts Advocates for Children Inc$37,50031%
Friendship Home Inc$37,50040%
The Arc of Bristol County Inc$37,48640%
Bridgewell Inc$36,76630%
The Nemours Foundation$36,68730%
The Sports Museum of New England Inc$35,80941%
Gnome Inc$35,03046%
Nashoba Learning Group Inc$35,00030%
The Arc of South Norfolk Inc$34,40030%
Massachusetts Families Organizing For Change Inc$33,846335%
The Summit Center Inc$33,66030%
The Autism Project$32,77431%
Florida Institute of Technology Inc$32,50030%
Oca Opportunity Community Ability Inc$32,50031%
The Birchtree Center$31,92830%
Golden Opportunities for Independence Inc$31,00025%
Jewish Family Services of Atlantic County Inc$31,00020%
The Arc of Greater Haverhill-Newburyport$31,00030%
Hillcrest Educational Centers Inc$30,00020%
Boston Medical Center Corporation$30,00030%
Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital$29,07230%
University of Central Florida Foundation Inc$28,67020%
Crossroads Continuum Inc$27,99130%
Monadnock Developmental Services$27,76410%
League School for Autism Inc$27,35030%
Evny Inc$26,50025%
Cambiando el Mundo De Personas Con Discapaidad Inc$26,450237%
Autism Alliance of Metrowest$26,1161n/a
Pathlight Inc$25,00020%
Special Olympics USA Games 2022 Organizing Committee Inc$25,00011%
Tko Inc$25,0001n/a
Crotched Mountain Foundation$25,00020%
Adaptx Inc$25,0001n/a
Road to Responsibility Inc$22,62030%
Yes She Can Incorporated$22,50024%
Merrimack Valley Young Men's Christian Association Inc$22,50020%
Team Woofgang & Co Inc$22,50024%
Neads Inc$22,17720%
The May Institute Inc$22,00030%
A Little Compassion$21,55023%
Old Colony Young Men's Christian Association Inc$21,25020%
Accept Education Collaborative Corporation$20,0001n/a
Athletes Unlimited Newton Ma Inc$20,00024%
Bridging Independent Living Together Inc$20,00021%
Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports$20,00021%
Waypoint Adventure Inc$20,00021%
Horace Mann Educational Associates Inc$19,30820%
South Shore Conservatory of Music Inc$18,60020%
Autism Solution Academy Inc$18,29112%
YMCA of the North Shore Inc$17,50020%
The Morgan Project Inc$17,500213%
Life Concepts Inc$17,50020%
Plugged in Band Program Inc$17,50022%
Best Buddies International Inc$17,50020%
Partners for Youth With Disabilities Inc$17,50020%
The Edinburg Center Inc$17,00020%
Farmsteads of New Hampshire Inc$16,7301n/a
Millikin University$16,63810%
Landmark College Inc$16,00010%
King Solomon Humanitarian Foundation for Handicapped Children Inc$15,74721%
Black Autism Coalition$15,5091n/a
Sargent Rehabilitation Center Inc$15,15320%
Spark Community Center Inc$15,000115%
The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc$15,00010%
Hillcrest Educational Foundation Inc$15,00012%
Baileys Team Inc$15,000118%
Umass Memorial Health Care Inc$15,0001n/a
Fill-A-Need Foundation Corporation$15,0001n/a
Island Autism Group Inc$15,00021%
Bethany Community Church$15,0001n/a
Exceptional Lives Inc$15,00013%
Utah Parent Center Inc$15,00011%
Elemental Aba Inc$14,9971n/a
Albiston Foundation$14,50022%
Walker Inc$13,82020%
Chance 2 Dance Inc$13,50022%
Extraspecialteas Inc$13,50021%
Autism Sprinter Inc$13,2802n/a
Aceing Autism Inc$12,51111%
Profound Autism Alliance Inc$12,50018%
Rodman For Kids Inc$12,50010%
Community Access Speech Therapy Inc$11,5341n/a
Lifeworks Incorporated$11,50010%
Metro Community Health Centers Inc$11,05510%
Buffalo Media Resources Inc$11,00013%
Community Music Center of Boston Inc$10,01510%
Aaron Zenus Foundation$10,000111%
Lawrence Public Schools$10,0001n/a
Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club Inc$10,00010%
Bronx House Inc$10,00010%
Mab Community Services Inc$10,00010%
Spectrum for Living Development Inc$10,00010%
Southern Vermont Health and Recreation Center Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Eagles Autism Challenge Inc$10,00010%
Prospects Opportunity and Enrichment Inc$10,00010%
Easter Seals Massachusetts Inc$10,00010%
Granite State Adaptive$10,00015%
The Autism Program at Boston Medical Center$10,0001n/a
Cotuit Center for the Arts Inc$10,00010%
University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement$10,00010%
Jewish Vocational Service Inc$10,00010%
Cardinal Cushing Centers Inc$10,00010%
Spectrum Autism Support Group Inc$10,00011%
Common Ground Center Inc$10,00012%
Summit Agency Inc$10,00010%
Farmsteads of New England Inc$10,00010%
Extraordinary Ventures$10,00011%
The Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund Inc$10,00010%
Continuum of Care Inc$10,00010%
Post 22 Training & Employment for Disabled Adults Inc$10,00017%
Centro Las Americas Inc$10,00010%
The Northern Lighthouse Inc$10,00010%
National Foundation For Autism Research$10,00011%
Central Florida Community Arts Inc$10,00010%
All Out Adventures Inc$10,00012%
Spaulding Academy & Family Services$10,00010%
Young Men's Christian Association of Metro North Inc$9,76010%
Rcs Learning Center Inc$9,60010%
Focus Center for Autism Inc$9,00010%
Spring Forward for Autism Inc$9,0001n/a
Meeting Street Massachusetts Inc$9,00010%
Theta Delta Educational Foundation Inc$8,80012%
Verge Inclusive Athletics Inc$8,5401n/a
Rekindling the Dream Foundation$8,35711%
Trustees of Tufts College$8,22010%
Nantucket Star and Therapeutic Accessibl$8,050112%
Boys' & Girls' Club of New Britain Inc$8,00010%
Alfond Youth & Community Center$8,00010%
Kore Academy Inc$7,82812%
United Way of Rutland County Inc$7,58611%
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc$7,50012%
Hospital For Special Care$7,50010%
The Wolf School Inc$7,50010%
Totally Adaptive Inc$7,5001n/a
Rock Autism Inc$7,50015%
South Shore Hospital Inc$7,50010%
Jewish Family & Children's Service Inc$7,50010%
Charles River Association for Retarded Citizens Inc$7,50010%
Northeast Accessible Golf Association Inc$7,500121%
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America$7,5001n/a
Brockton Area Arc Inc$7,50010%
Sail Martha's Vineyard Inc$7,50011%
Easter Seals Florida Inc$7,50010%
Easterseals of Northeast Central Florida Inc$7,50010%
Orlando Letterboard Community Inc$7,500161%
Abilities Workshop Inc$7,50013%
Conexiones Latinx-Ma Inc$7,5001n/a
Androscoggin Home Health Services Inc$7,50010%
Back In The Saddle Equine Therapy Center$7,50012%
Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc$7,50010%
Manes and Motions Therapeutic Riding Center Inc$7,50013%
Fast Feet Running and Athletics Inc$7,50013%
Whole Child Inc$7,5001n/a
Incompass Human Services Inc$7,50010%
Pleasant Bay Community Boating Inc$7,50011%
Polus Center for Social and Economic Development Inc$7,50010%
Ican Fly Inc$7,5001n/a
Charity Navigator$7,49610%
South Shore Educational Collaborative$7,4501n/a
Adelphi University$7,31020%
The Manhattan Childrens Center$7,12620%
City of Salem$7,0881n/a
KIDPOWER TEENPOWER FULLPOWER International$7,00011%
Mitchell College$7,00010%
Robin Kaplan Memorial Fund$7,00013%
Easter Seals Inc$7,00010%
Boston Higashi School Inc$7,00010%
Robins Kaplan Foundation$7,000112%
Florida Southern College$6,70010%
Sharp Musical Experiences Inc$6,6291n/a
The Music Conservatory of Westchester Inc$6,51020%
Torrington Area Families for Autism Inc$6,500132%
Perkins School for the Blind$6,49910%
Robert F Kennedy Community Alliance Inc$6,44310%
St Catherine Center for Special Needs Inc$6,34410%
Adapt Transition Services Inc$6,2971n/a
Goldfish Swim School$6,1751n/a
Milford Public Schools$6,1041n/a
Lyman Learning Institute Inc$6,00011%
Flower Petals Adaptive Dance Company$6,0001n/a
Exceptional Parents Unlimited Inc$6,00010%
Annie L Sargent PTO Inc$6,0001n/a
Hamilton Township Schools$5,9792n/a
Barnstable Public Schools$5,7761n/a
Grow Associates Inc$5,67210%
Bartlett School & Assessment Center$5,6001n/a
Autism Communities Inc$5,50715%
Scituate Corse Foundation$5,4101n/a
Taunton Public Schools - Benjamin Friedman Middle School$5,2641n/a
Newtown Youth & Family Services Inc$5,1901n/a
Haynes Organization of Parents Inc$5,096148%

Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($98k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 194 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Boston Athletic Association: $460,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNortheast Arc Inc: $236,353 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSpectrum Designs Foundation Ltd: $145,264 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetAmegoinc: $140,793 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetAdvocates Inc: $139,019 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Guild for Human Services Inc: $135,431 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAccessportsamerica Inc: $110,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetPromise Inc: $107,847 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetCircle of Vietnamese Parents Inc: $98,365 over 6y, 83% of budgetJudge Baker Children's Center: $98,210 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetYoure With Us Inc: $98,017 over 6y, 3.8% of budgetHouse of Possibilities Inc: $93,849 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetAssociation for Autism and Neurodiversity Inc: $92,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetVermont Family Network Inc: $86,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetAutism Families Connecticut Inc: $85,211 over 7y, 12% of budgetArc Massachusetts Inc: $79,847 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetPine Tree Society Inc: $75,143 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSpecial Needs Support Center of the Upper Valley: $75,130 over 5y, 6.9% of budgetMicahs Voice: $75,000 over 2y, 79% of budget3LPlace Inc: $68,553 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetLet's Work for Good Inc: $61,500 over 5y, 8.4% of budgetCommunity Autism Resources Inc: $61,200 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTech Kids Unlimited Inc: $58,851 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetUniversity of Massachusetts Foundation Inc: $57,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSomali Parents Advocacy Center for Education Inc: $55,625 over 4y, 10% of budgetThe Arc of the South Shore Inc: $55,191 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe North East Educational and Developmental Supports Center Inc: $54,823 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSpectrum Empowerment Project: $50,450 over 2y, 15% of budgetEpic Players Inc: $50,042 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetReed Foundation for Autism Inc: $49,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetNonpareil Institute: $48,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester Inc: $41,847 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetItalian Home for Children Inc: $41,609 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBryces Journey Inc: $41,500 over 5y, 7.7% of budgetHarmony Farms Inc: $41,415 over 4y, 8.6% of budgetRaising Harts Corporation: $38,519 over 2y, 16% of budgetJ Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center: $38,140 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBoston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc: $38,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMassachusetts Advocates for Children Inc: $37,500 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFriendship Home Inc: $37,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetThe Arc of Bristol County Inc: $37,486 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBridgewell Inc: $36,766 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Nemours Foundation: $36,687 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Sports Museum of New England Inc: $35,809 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetGnome Inc: $35,030 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetNashoba Learning Group Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arc of South Norfolk Inc: $34,400 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMassachusetts Families Organizing For Change Inc: $33,846 over 3y, 35% 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 194.

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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.

Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation IncMA49.5× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.

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About The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc

How much does The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc give?
The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc reported 96 itemized grants totaling $1,429,311, out of $2,021,427 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 82 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (40%), Human Services (17%), Recreation & Sports (13%).
Who are The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: The Boston Athletic Association ($460k), Northeast Arc Inc ($236k), Cape Cod Community College ($167k).
Does The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rockland Trust Charitable Foundation Inc, Eastern Bank Foundation, Priscilla Alden Uwo.
Where is The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc based?
The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc is based in MA.

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 238 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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