California · Nonprofit
CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER
CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,490 to it, the largest being The Moca Foundation ($41,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $83k
- Net assets
- $-1651
What Central Coast Autism Spectrum Center does
Mission
To strengthen quality-of-life for individuals with autism spectrum disorders, and the lives they touch through compassion, commitment and collaboration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Camp expedition promotes the creation of social and recreational programs designed to meet the unique needs of individuals with autism, while also meeting the needs of their typically developing peers and integrating these in a fun, summer day camp environment. Many of the children served by camp expedition have never had a summer camp opportunity, and by serving families that are underserved either because of financial situations, or the quality and expertise of staff and volunteers that is necessary to meet their child's needs (or both). Camp expedition provides respite for the parents and an exciting opportunity for the kids - all in a supportive, non-judgemental environment where research-based pedagogical methods are practiced and instruction decisions are data driven.
$14,182 spent$2,290 earned by the program82% of program spendingThe purpose of the teen dance is to provide a night of fun for teens with and without special needs to gather in a safe and supportive environment. The goal of having a community dance is to provide a positive social environment for teens of all abilities to interact, share experiences, and make friends on and off the dance floor.
$1,897 spent$494 earned by the program11% of program spendingThe purpose of game night is to provide a night of fun for teens with and without special needs to gather in a safe and supportive environment. The goal of having game night is to provide a positive social environment for teens of all abilities to interact, share experiences, and make friends while enjoying games, karaoke and pizza.
$88 spent1% of program spendingRevenue: interest $37, core outreach $250expenses: journeys $74; social $947; core outreach $90; grant $2,300
$1,111 spent$2,587 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,278.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $90k to $55k (−39%).
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 5% · 2021 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
42% of CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
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
Carly Spears
Executive director
Board chair
Burlinda Seals
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $31k → $2k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER’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
CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
37% 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 CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 82% · 2018 68% · 2019 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 94% · 2023 97% — 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.
Where its funders are
93% of CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER has grown faster than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
26% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER: 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 CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER?
- CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $83,490 to it, the largest being The Moca Foundation ($41,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $83,490 in grants to CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER?
- The Moca Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $41,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTRAL COAST AUTISM SPECTRUM CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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