Massachusetts · Nonprofit
Community Autism Resources Inc
Community Autism Resources Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,389 to it, the largest being THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC ($61,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $271k
What Community Autism Resources Inc does
Mission
Community Autism Resources assists & educates families & professionals to better meet the needs of persons with ASD by helping to build collaborative relationships with those involved to provide comprehensive and individually tailored supports.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Autism Waiver Program is participant directed, meaning that within the parameters of the program, families have the ability to determine which services they deem most helpful to their child. As a team, the family, broker supervisor, support brokers, and clinical managers determine the strengths and needs of the child, and then develop goals to meet those needs. The main service of the Waiver Program is Expanded Habilitation; Education. This is the direct day-to-day in-home service that the child receives.
$796,669 spent$886,982 earned by the program54% of program spendingThe Gottschall Access Program offers adults on the autism spectrum a unique opportunity to enhance their life, vocational and social skills which will enable them to participate in internships, and then eventually the pursuit of gainful employment.This takes place on the Fall River, MA college campus of Bristol Community College. Here, students enroll in a 3-year program of specially designed courses and have full student access on the college campus.
$246,855 spent$266,515 earned by the program17% of program spendingCommunity Autism Resources has been providing assistive technology support to the community since 2015. The Assistive Technology Hub supports communication, autonomy, and social connection through visual supports, speech generating devices, or DIY supports. Through the Technology Forward Initiative, the Department of Developmental Services (DDS)promotes and develops the use of Supportive Technology as an opportunity for more inclusive and independent lives for people with disabilities.
$195,939 spent$72,096 earned by the program13% of program spendingIndividualized Home Supports:services that provide support and training to individuals with disabilities,
$138,764 spent$233,361 earned by the program9% of program spendingAdult Autism College Navigation:Community Autism Resources College Navigation Service is a service to help college students navigate campus resources,social situations, and other challenges a student may be facing while attending college.
$6,782 spent$11,927 earned by the program0% of program spendingFamily Stipends
$1,625 spent0% of program spendingParent Retreat
$22,782 spent$20,161 earned by the program2% of program spendingUniquely Human Community:Community Autism Resources acts as a financial conduit for the Uniquely Human Community, which is an unincorporated organization formed for the purpose of illuminating and increasing accessibility to - integrated and family- centered interventions, supports, educational services and other therapeutic and educational opportunities for autistic individuals and those co-occurring neurodivergent conditions.
$42,545 spent$53,887 earned by the program3% of program spendingAdult Events: Community Autism Resources assists & educates families & professionals to better meet the needs of persons with ASD by helping to build collaborative relationships with those involved to provide comprehensive and individually tailored supports.
$14,083 spent$5,985 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,466,044.
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 2023 to 2024, from $456k to $774k (+70%).
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: 2017 84% · 2018 77% · 2019 80% · 2020 86% · 2021 87% · 2022 90% · 2023 92%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of Community Autism Resources Inc’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $5k → $37k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 Community Autism Resources 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
Community Autism Resources Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 Community Autism Resources Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 70% · 2020 67% · 2021 58% · 2022 54% · 2023 51% — 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
33% of Community Autism Resources Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
60% of Community Autism Resources 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 $75k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Community Autism Resources Inc has grown faster than half of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Community Autism Resources Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.7M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$7.7M
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$220
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 Community Autism Resources 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 Community Autism Resources 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 Community Autism Resources Inc?
- Community Autism Resources Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,389 to it, the largest being THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC ($61,200). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Community Autism Resources Inc have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $188,389 in grants to Community Autism Resources Inc, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Community Autism Resources Inc?
- THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC is the largest funder on record, with $61,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Community Autism Resources Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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