Connecticut · Nonprofit
FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC
FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,193 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($98,184). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.7M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $241k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Focus Center for Autism Inc does
Mission
Focus center for autism: helping children and adults with autism achieve their full potential.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The focus center for autism fresh start school is a connecticut state approved special education program for children with autism, ages 10 through 22. The school offers a quality educational experience that addresses each student academic, social learning and clinical goals.
$982,359 spent$1,275,965 earned by the program36% of program spendingThe FOCUS Level II Therapeutic Group Home is a Connecticut State licensed residential program for five adolescent males ages 14 to 21 diagnosed with Autism and histories of trauma/abuse. This Department of Children and Families Program is an intensely clinical program that addresses the social, emotional and mental health needs of each child. The program incorporates life and social skills training, education and employment supports and helps prepare each resident for a more independent life beyond the program.
$971,456 spent35% of program spendingThe focus center for autism supportive housing program is a residential program for six connecticut department of mental health and addiction services referred young adult males ages 18 to 25 with autism and histories of trauma and mental health issues. The program offers 24/7 supported apartment living and is designed to be a part of the focus continuum of care which provides training and supports to young adults/adults seeking to live as independently as possible.
$804,101 spent$33,023 earned by the program29% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,757,916.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.1M to $2.6M (+23%).
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 58% · 2018 59% · 2019 58% · 2020 58% · 2021 61% · 2022 60% · 2023 56% · 2024 61% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $48k → $82k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM 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
FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
74% 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 FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 99% · 2019 100% · 2020 47% · 2021 42% · 2022 36% · 2023 61% — 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
63% of FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
57% of FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM 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 $104k that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $137k 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
FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.1M on record.
- State Aid Grants$8.1M
- Client Services-General$6.8M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$132k
- Training Costs Non-Employees$5k
- Educ & Training For Employees$600
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 FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM 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 FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC?
- FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $241,193 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($98,184). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $241,193 in grants to FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC?
- HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $98,184 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOCUS CENTER FOR AUTISM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 14 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