Texas · Nonprofit
Heart of Autism
Heart of Autism (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,943 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($7,115). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2017
- $104k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $37k
What Heart of Autism does
Mission
Heart of Autism is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose primary contributions to the DFW community are through fundraising in support of the autism community. For 2017, Heart Of Autism Committee members had committed to raise $100,000. These funds will support Autism Research, Adult Services and Intervention Services to give families hope for a healthier future. Our organization's ability to continue to raise money is due in large part to the kind support of individual donors who believe in our mission, as well as sponsorships and grants from generous establishments. Funds raised will go towards research to help find the cause and cure for Autism and to fund scholarships to underprivileged families touched by autism who cannot afford therapy and provide grants for adult services via local businesses. With over 300 guests at this year's gala and several small fundraisers throughout the year, we raised over $125,000 in 2017.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Raised awareness of autism and over $50,000 to fund grants for autism research, adult services and intervention services
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $50 → $161.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 99% 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 Heart of Autism’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
Heart of Autism leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 Heart of Autism.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
99% of Heart of Autism'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 $50 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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
Heart of Autism runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 8,524 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,524 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2017
Organizations like Heart of Autism
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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Heart of Autism: 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 Heart of Autism?
- Heart of Autism (Texas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,943 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($7,115). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 99% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Heart of Autism have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,943 in grants to Heart of Autism, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Heart of Autism?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $7,115 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Heart of Autism find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 3 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