Maryland · Nonprofit
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC (Maryland) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,816,623 to it, the largest being USAGING ($4,566,023). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 84
- Grants received
- $7.8M
- Net assets
- $-961147
What Autism Society of America Inc does
Mission
The autism society envisions individuals and families living with autism are able to maximize their quality of life, are treated with the highest level of dignity, and live in a society in which their talents and skills are appreciated and valued.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
National helpline:the autism society's national helpline provides information and referral services to connect the autism community to the resources they need. From 9am-9pm est monday-friday, dedicated information and referral specialists connect with community members by email, phone, or web message to offer support, provide referrals, and share resources and tools. Through its national helpline and autismsource a national resource database, the autism society provides an essential service to those in the autism community across the lifespan, from initial identification throughout adulthood. In 2024, the national helpline accomplished the following: provided information & referral services to over 10,898 constituents by phone and email. The organization's website provided information and support to 84,577 users during the year. Provided over 7,260 hours of service to those in need of information and support. Maintained the autismsource database with over 30,000 national and local resource listings on www.autismsource.org, providing self-directed resource navigation to individuals based on location and area of need. The most frequently requested areas of support pertained to the…
$3,052,812 spentof which $556,261 as grants$128,528 earned by the program54% of program spendingEducation and acceptance:in 2024, the autism society of america continued the ongoing efforts of ensuring that individuals and families affected by autism received up-to-date information about issues to help advance their well-being. Our engagement campaign included: provided daily facebook posts to over 611,000 facebook followers. Provided daily twitter posts to over 120,000 twitter followers. 200k+ people engaged with national's posts and content on social media. Social media engagements generated over $225,000 in financial support. Facebook and twitter saw over 5 million impressions. Distributed a monthly newsletter to over 100,000 people. Over 100,000 people were connected to supports and services through our website. Approximately 900,000 people accessed resources and education materials through our websites the autism society created educational content with support from corporate sponsors, shared digitally, through broadcast, and retail experiences respectively.
$1,338,147 spentof which $800 as grants24% of program spendingAffiliate services:the autism society services the affiliates daily by providing resources and guidance, delivering network-wide and affiliate specific training, providing lunch and learns and various development and networking opportunities, through development of an affiliate onboarding handbook to quickly and efficiently onboard new affiliate leaders, by conducting regular check-ins to see how best we can support our affiliates, through facilitating and overseeing grant opportunities, by coordinating, funding and delivering an annual affiliate conference, providing disaster relief support, coordinating special events and activities, and more. As a testament to the effectiveness of this initiative, affiliate leaders showed 90% agreement of the autism society's commitment, engagement and responsiveness to the affiliates. Specific accomplishments in 2024 include: 8,000 hours of direct support to affiliates. Attended 77 affiliate events throughout the year supported 12 affiliates in-person to address strategic objectives facilitated and led 25 meetings for the affiliate network related to updates and special-topic trainings. Provided a two-day intensive affiliate conference…
$656,983 spentof which $104,894 as grants12% of program spendingPublic policy: in 2024, the autism society of america prioritized advancing the reauthorization of the landmark autism-related legislation, the autism cares act. Additional legislative priorities included improving special education services, water and wandering safety, law enforcement training, mental health crisis response, and employment opportunities.throughout the year, the policy team met with approximately 100 members of congress and their staff over the course of 50 days throughout the year to educate them on the autism cares act and other priority legislation. In addition, we engaged with administration leaders on key regulations and guidance related to safety, education, and health.through our biweekly newsletter and regular meetings with our network of 70+ affiliates, the policy team kept constituents informed about policy issues and resources. Some of our advocates also attended the disability policy seminar in april. This eventco-sponsored by the autism society and seven other national organizationsbrought together more than 1,000 disability advocates from across the united states. Attendees participated in sessions covering a wide range of policy topics and used the…
$596,979 spent11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,644,921.
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.
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 $2.2M to $4.2M (+86%).
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 13% · 2021 8% · 2022 1% · 2023 36% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Christopher Banks
President & CEO
Board chair
Tracey Staley
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 22 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $170k → $4.1M.
23 of 84 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 23% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $876k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Autism Society of America Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 84 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 SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 40% · 2019 15% · 2020 21% · 2021 16% · 2022 39% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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
29% of AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC draws 91% of its grant income from funders outside Maryland, across 28 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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.
Government funding AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Justice$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Autism Society of America Foundation · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA 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 SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC?
- AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC (Maryland) receives grants from 84 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,816,623 to it, the largest being USAGING ($4,566,023). 47 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 84 organizations giving $7,816,623 in grants to AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC, 47 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC?
- USAGING is the largest funder on record, with $4,566,023 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 84 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