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AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ

AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ (New Jersey) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $171,331 to it, the largest being SURFERS ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE ($120,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$105k
Funders on record
11
Grants received
$171k
Net assets
$-18429
7/11 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Autism Family Services of Nj does

Mission

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, and build resilience, ensuring that everyone receives the support they need throughout their journey.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Intensive in-home behavioral supports: one-to-one evidence-based analysis (aba) to lower maladaptive behaviors and increase replacement behaviors. Targets the four domains (communication, social, functional, behavior) that are impacted for people with autism or a developmental disability diagnosis. Family training and community supports are integrated into the plan.individual support services: one-to-one sessions focus on support using an intervention plan based on the needs of the person for improving daily living skills for clients with autism and/or intellectual and developmental disabilities.autism beach bash: this annual event in belmar, nj, welcomes thousands of families for a day of community, connection, and adventure, as children with autism experience surfing and a variety of inclusive activities.

    $2,486 spentof which $1,000 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,486.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($745k) Expenses 100 ($625k) Net assets 100 ($390k)2018 Revenue 112 ($832k) Expenses 118 ($739k) Net assets 28 ($109k)2019 Revenue 121 ($899k) Expenses 121 ($756k) Net assets 67 ($262k)2020 Revenue 143 ($1.1M) Expenses 156 ($974k) Net assets 91 ($356k)2021 Revenue 165 ($1.2M) Expenses 207 ($1.3M) Net assets 75 ($292k)2022 Revenue 137 ($1.0M) Expenses 181 ($1.1M) Net assets 46 ($181k)2023 Revenue 153 ($1.1M) Expenses 176 ($1.1M) Net assets 58 ($225k)2024 Revenue 45 ($339k) Expenses 80 ($500k) Net assets 16 ($64k)2025 Revenue 14 ($105k) Expenses 30 ($187k) Net assets -5 ($-18429)
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Revenue (14)Expenses (30)Net assets (-5)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $404k to $114k (−72%).

$404k
$114k
$262k
$360k
$309k
$188k
$226k
$109k
$23k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 23,940 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$120k
’17
$93k
’18
$143k
’19
$95k
’20
−$65k
’21
−$111k
’22
$45k
’23
−$161k
’24
−$82k
’25
0.7
months of
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

Liza Gundell

Chief executive officer

Board chair

Warren Josephson

Chairman

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

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Listed161716171615141213
Joined·+2+0+2+1+1+2+0+1
No longer listed·11122320
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income fell $52k → $4k.

1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

74% 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 FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ.

70%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 96% · 2018 96% · 2019 87% · 2020 71% · 2021 44% · 2022 68% · 2023 69% — 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

33% of AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

88% of AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NY
NJ
DE
KS
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $481 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ's revenue fell 86% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−79% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−22% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

1% of spending goes to programs.

Program 1%Management 77%Fundraising 21%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Caregivers of Nj · exempt
  • Epilepsy Services of New Jersey · exempt
  • Family Resource Network · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ?
AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ (New Jersey) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $171,331 to it, the largest being SURFERS ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE ($120,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ have?
IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $171,331 in grants to AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ?
SURFERS ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AUTISM FAMILY SERVICES OF NJ find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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