Nebraska · Nonprofit
AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK
AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK (Nebraska) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,838,707 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,022,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.8M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network does
Mission
The mission of autistic women & nonbinary network (awn) is to provide community, support & resources for autistic women, girls, nonbinary people, and all others of marginalized genders. In fulfillment of our mission, awn self-published 2 anthologies: all the weight of our dreams: on living racialized autism & what every autistic girl wishes her parents knew. The latter has been picked up by beacon publishing for republication in 2021. Awn hosts educational events, autism acceptance events, seminars and conferences with the focus on multiply marginalized disabled people, book readings and discussions centering on autism and disability, and social gathering meetups which provides community connection. Awn sponsors a fund which provides direct financial support to autistic people of color through micro-grants.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
We brought on new fiscal sponsorships which contributed to awn's growth. The sponsorships that we added are: (1) haymarket pole collective (2) ramp your voice (3) peer mental health alliance (name changed to communal mental health).
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Awn off-boarded a fiscal project, health justice commons in the fall of 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Fiscal sponsorships (a): disability intersectionality summit (dis) activity: a fiscally sponsored biennial national community conference that centers the multiple oppressions that shape the lived experiences of disabled individuals, as told by disabled people, in a setting organized by disabled activists description: in 2021, dis held its first ever book discussion series. The three-part discussion delved into the life and legacy of fannie lou hamer, a disabled black civil rights leader and was led by a panel of cross-disability and cross-disciplinary black disabled women. Dis is recognized as a trusted disability community space that moves beyond inclusion towards intersectionality. Organizing structure and deeply held disability justice principles have enabled it to be a place where many disabled bipoc leaders recognize it platform. (b): autistic people of color fund (apoc) activity: as a safe, equitable, intersectional, and empowering fiscally sponsored micro-grant program, providing direct financial support to autistic people of color description: apoc provides direct financial support to autistic people of color through individual microgrants between $100 to $500 the fund is…
$814,484 spentof which $68,715 as grants$95,864 earned by the program61% of program spendingEducation & resources (a): activity: publications programming: activity: awn continues to expand its publishing program after beacon press republished our original girl's anthology in 2021 under the new title "sincerely, your autistic child description: awn's publication programming provides educational resources to strengthen our greater cross-disability and neurodiversity community. (b): we continue to provide resources in plain language and spanish translation on our website. These resources are available at no cost to the public and include: welcome packets to autistic people and parents, guide to voting, self-care, a neurodiversity & gentle parenting journey in color, know your rights and what to expect at the doctor and hospital.
$421,596 spentof which $33,394 as grants$36,026 earned by the program32% of program spendingCommunity support (a): neurodiversity lending libraries: activity: awn provides assistance to disabled and autistic people to operate their neurodiversity and disability lending libraries description: provide direct grants, donate books, and support community events to assist disabled and autistic librarians as they seek to provide education on autism, disability, and neurodiversity. (b): community and solidarity assistance activity: awn provides support and micro-grants and to bipoc disabled and autistic people; as well as to autistic and disabled bipoc lgbtqia description: this program provides assistance for a variety of needs including meals, groceries, rent, moving expenses, bereavement, medications, and other unexpected life events.
$96,054 spentof which $7,608 as grants7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,332,134.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $741k to $1.3M (+69%).
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.
91% of AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Sharon Davanport
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $20k → $490k.
8 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK’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
AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 39% · 2021 62% · 2022 52% · 2023 48% — 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
43% of AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK'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
AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Nebraska, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $289k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $273k on record.
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$265k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$8k
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 AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK
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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
72%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK?
- AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK (Nebraska) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,838,707 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($1,022,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,838,707 in grants to AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,022,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUTISTIC WOMEN AND NONBINARY NETWORK find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 28 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