Tennessee · Nonprofit
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE FRIST FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $55k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $10k
What Autism Society of America East Tennessee Chapter does
Mission
To support individuals with autism and their families by providing education, resources, community programs, and advocacy that promote inclusion, social development, and improved quality of life across East Tennessee.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provided education, resources, and community-based programming to support individuals with autism and their families across East Tennessee. Activities included awareness initiatives, family-centered events, and resource-sharing efforts designed to promote inclusion, connection, and improved quality of life. The organization also facilitated community engagement through partnerships and regional outreach efforts to expand access to services and support networks.
$45,231 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,231.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $11k to $24k (+116%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Kandis Burney
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $5k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER’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 SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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
83% of AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER
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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER: 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 SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER?
- AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE FRIST FOUNDATION ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER?
- THE FRIST FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA EAST TENNESSEE CHAPTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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