Washington · Nonprofit
AUTISM EMPOWERMENT
AUTISM EMPOWERMENT (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $340,712 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($218,798). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $341k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Autism Empowerment does
Mission
Autism Empowerment is a nonprofit 501c3 organization devoted to enriching and empowering the lives of youth adults and families within autistic and neurodivergent communities. We promote a culture of Autism Acceptance and Empowerment and believe that each one of us has giftings and strengths to make the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Spectrum Life Magazine is a print and digital publication created by and for autistic neurodivergent and disability communities. Each issue delves into Advocacy Lifespan Recreation Education Health Wellness and Therapy over an average of 56 pages featuring 12-16 articles. Additional written audio and video content can be found on www.SpectrumLife. org and www.AutismEmpowerment. org. The quarterly print edition reaches 40,000 readers in the Northwest through 762 locations with national and international subscriptions available. All magazine editions are freely downloadable. Supplementary materials include blog posts extended interviews the Autism Empowerment Podcast educational videos a disability resource directory and other valuable resources for individuals of all abilities in neurodiverse and neurodivergent communities.
$158,910 spent$15,773 earned by the program61% of program spendingCommunity Enrichment: This program includes community education enrichment and advocacy initiatives. It features the Autism Empowerment Neurodivergent Creators Collective specializing in storytelling filmmaking digital media and writing. The program aids autistic and neurodivergent individuals in developing skills for employment or entrepreneurship in various industries. Additionally it offers podcasts educational videos support groups advocacy efforts community events training sessions collaborations exhibitions consulting services coaching mentoring and community support through email and online groups. These services are accessible in Southwest Washington the Portland Oregon metro area and are expanding locally regionally and nationally online.
$92,050 spent$10,000 earned by the program36% of program spendingAutism Services: This volunteer program focuses on offering service and emotional support to individuals and families in the autism neurodivergent and disabilities communities. The Autism Empowerment Cares volunteer projects offer participants meaningful chances to advocate for autism acceptance enrichment inspiration and empowerment. Additionally we operate a youth-led branch of Autism Services named Autism Serves: Helping Hands which offers leadership and volunteering chances to teenagers and young adults of all ability levels.
$7,914 spent$500 earned by the program3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $258,874.
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 2021 to 2022, from $150k to $380k (+154%).
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 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 4% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
93% of AUTISM EMPOWERMENT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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
Karen Krejcha
President and Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $0 → $10k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 EMPOWERMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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 EMPOWERMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 EMPOWERMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 97% · 2021 76% · 2022 86% · 2023 93% — 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
20% of AUTISM EMPOWERMENT'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
78% of AUTISM EMPOWERMENT's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 EMPOWERMENT's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like AUTISM EMPOWERMENT
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% 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 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUTISM EMPOWERMENT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AUTISM EMPOWERMENT?
- AUTISM EMPOWERMENT (Washington) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $340,712 to it, the largest being INATAI FOUNDATION ($218,798). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUTISM EMPOWERMENT have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $340,712 in grants to AUTISM EMPOWERMENT, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTISM EMPOWERMENT?
- INATAI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $218,798 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTISM EMPOWERMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing