Virginia · Nonprofit
AUTISM SANCTUARY INC
AUTISM SANCTUARY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,156 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($51,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $280k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $92k
- Net assets
- $129k
What Autism Sanctuary Inc does
Mission
Mission as stated in article ii of articles of incorporation: the corporation shall promote the proven social, emotional, physical, and cognitive benefits of connection with nature for those with special needs, and by extension, provide agricultural work and internship opportunities for disabled individuals. In furtherance of the foregoing, the corporation shall have the power to acquire, hold and maintain real property for the primary purposes of (I) protecting or retaining natural or open-space values of real property, (ii) assuring availability of real property for forestal, recreational, agricultural, or open-space use, (iii) protecting natural resources, and/or (iv) maintaining or enhancing air or water quality.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Autism sanctuary promotes the social, emotional, physical, and cognitive benefits of connection with nature for those with autism, and by extension, provides agricultural work, internship opportunities, and respite for disabled individuals. Autism sanctuary provides disability services for individuals with autism and similar developmental disabilities. Our programs have a strong focus on agriculture, land management, and the outdoors. People receiving our services have the opportunity to regularly participate in trail walks, outdoor excursions, and activities based in skill-building and agricultural education, such as working with cattle, vegetable and berry planting and harvesting, vermicomposting, and beekeeping.
$105,390 spent$147,531 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $105,390.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $13k → $40.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 SANCTUARY INC’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 SANCTUARY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 SANCTUARY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
78% of AUTISM SANCTUARY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72k 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 SANCTUARY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like AUTISM SANCTUARY INC
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUTISM SANCTUARY INC: 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 SANCTUARY INC?
- AUTISM SANCTUARY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $92,156 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($51,250). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AUTISM SANCTUARY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $92,156 in grants to AUTISM SANCTUARY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTISM SANCTUARY INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $51,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTISM SANCTUARY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 4 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