Michigan · Nonprofit
AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN
AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,756,219 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($887,500). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.0M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Autism Alliance of Michigan does
Mission
We lead efforts to raise expectations and expand opportunities for people touched by autism across the lifespan.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Upbound staffing, llc, a disregarded pass-through subsidiary of autism alliance ended operations on april 21, 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Aaom's pillar 1 primary objective is to reduce the age of diagnosis and access to services, which includes the minavigator program. Beginning in 2014, Autism Alliance of Michigan (aaom) launched the mi navigator service, which is a dynamic navigation program for caregivers, professionals and community member offered at no cost to any family impacted by autism in michigan. Navigators provide resource identification, professional consultation, connections to services and support, and online resources to guide families through lifespan barriers to care, such as those related to diagnosis, treatment, support, education, and/or health care for individuals with autism and their families. Autism alliance navigators work directly with families navigating the autism roadmaps that are often confusing to families and cause delays to needed diagnosis and important treatments.3,026 families and individuals were served by minavigator. 413 trainings, consultations, and/or community engagement sessions were provided by outreach.
$2,781,877 spent$2,755,502 earned by the program79% of program spendingPillar 2 consists of aaom's statewide educational initiaves which have addressed the chronic systemic barriers to quality, inclusive educational opportunities for students with disabilities since 2020. Major advocacy initiatives include special education finance reform, inclusive learning environments, and improved accountabiity across all levels of michigan's education system. The objective of aaom's educational initiatives is to improve academic and post secondary outcomes for students with disabilities by empowering parents to better advocate for their child while also leading efforts to improve the educational experiences of this population. Ultimately, improved graduation rates, reduced seclusion and restraint, and greater readiness for employment and community living are outcomes we hope to achieve over multiple years.the primary forum for advancing educational initiatives in the mi parent, advocates, and attorneys (mipaac) grassroots coalition. In 2024, 400 total members joined this effort. Advocacy wins included passage of the dyslexia bills and aaom's legislative allocation to develop a special education finance model to equitably and adequately fund services and supports…
$245,419 spent$257,159 earned by the program7% of program spendingAaom's pillar 3 initiatives are aimed at adult living challenges and include programs to connect job seekers to employment, provide job readiness resources and community living skills to this segment of the population. Aaom has also launched programmatic and advocacy efforts to reduce the significant barriers of housing and long term care needs for individual with autism. Improved quality of life into adulthood is the objective of pillar 3 initiatives - access to quality housing options, benefit management, community and social opportunities for those across the spectrum of needs is the primary goal of our work in this area.aaom has partnered with yoldbe/milife - the job connection platform/app being powered by ai technology and aaom employment specialists. 50 candidates have benefited from this program. 10 employer education/consultation services were provided to increase disability hiring in small to large michigan companies. Strategic planning commenced in fall of 2024 to expand the adult living pillar to address needs addressed above.
$330,476 spent$313,174 earned by the program9% of program spendingAaom has multiple, diverse community outreach and training activities to increase autism awareness and acceptance, inclusion and general support of persons with autism in michigan. These include; first responder training, autism 101, professional series to increase identification of early signs of autism, employer trainings, and parent educational advocacy activities.
$174,089 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,531,861.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $3.4M to $2.5M (−24%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 37% · 2021 36% · 2022 41% · 2023 47% · 2024 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Colleen Allen
President/CEO
Board chair
Brian Calley
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $506k → $819k.
13 of 94 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
40% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 37% · 2019 50% · 2020 14% · 2021 21% · 2022 12% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
39% of AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN's funding base is broadening — from 16 funders to 31 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Upbound Staffing · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN?
- AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,756,219 to it, the largest being DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($887,500). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $5,756,219 in grants to AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN?
- DTE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $887,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTISM ALLIANCE OF MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 94 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing