Florida · Nonprofit
HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP
HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP (Florida) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $307,314 to it, the largest being FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION ($175,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $307k
- Net assets
- $548k
What Helping Adults With Autism Perform and Excel Corp does
Mission
HAAPE is a non-profit foundation dedicated to empowering adults diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through specialized training, education, and career development. The mission of HAAPE is to build autism workforce ecosystems that facilitate meaningful, sustainable employment for neurodivergent individuals. Through targeted community outreach, HAAPE fosters autism-friendly businesses, municipalities, and organizations while scaling its ecosystem models nationwide to maximize long-term independence and societal inclusion.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During our fiscal year 2025, HAAPE implemented a pilot program called Entrepreneurship bootcamp for autistic adults conducted through a partnership with Florida Atlantic University (FAU). As far as we know, this is the first time that such a program has been offered for autistic adults. The program was taught by HAAPE's senior vice president, María Jacobo, who is an FAU Certified Entrepreneurship Instructor. Course material was specifically adapted to provide autistic adults the opportunity learn how to start their own business. Throughout the bootcamp, participants identified their strengths, explored business opportunities, developed business concepts, learned the fundamentals of customer discovery and business planning, and presented their business ideas during a final business sales presentation. The ultimate goal of this pilot program is to provide ongoing mentorship, accountability and technical assistance to help participants attain their career dreams by launching and sustaining their own enterprise. This effort formally became an official program sponsored by HAAPE during our FY 2025.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Supported the establishment and ecosystem integration of the Aspiritech Academy. Seed funding of $25,000 enabled the full curriculum design and launch of a 10-week Cybersecurity Academy for autistic adults. The pilot cohort achieved a 95% first-attempt certification pass rate and 100% job placement, scaling to serve 75 students in 2026 with over 100 projected certifications by year-end. An additional $2,000 supported the development and maintenance of the Aspiritech Academy database within the "HAAPE Hub" -- a shared digital infrastructure connecting operating partners, employers, and neurodivergent jobseekers in a centralized, cross-program job placement network.
$27,000 spentof which $27,000 as grants71% of program spendingFunded the implementation of an entrepreneurship bootcamp for autistic adults in partnership with Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Out of 18 applicants and 14 qualified enrollees, 12 students completed the program, gaining core competencies in business planning, customer discovery, and sales presentation. The program successfully established an adapted instructional framework tailored for neurodivergent entrepreneurs. Grant funds supported instructional design, university program fees, participant resources, and video documentation to facilitate ongoing post-graduation mentorship and business sustainability.
$10,000 spentof which $10,000 as grants26% of program spendingProvided educational scholarships for adults with autism to complete specialized Supply Chain and Logistics training through Broward College. The remote, self-paced 8-module program prepares candidates for career opportunities across manufacturing, retail, and wholesale distribution networks. In FY 2025, HAAPE provided scholarships for 6 students covering 6 full courses. Since program inception in 2021, HAAPE has awarded scholarships to 35 unique individuals completing a cumulative total of 71 certified courses.
$900 spentof which $900 as grants2% of program spendingConducted public education and community outreach to train employers, municipalities, religious organizations, and local leaders on the strategic benefits of hiring adults with autism. HAAPE fosters inclusive, "autism-friendly" communities and drives national workforce ecosystem development. These outreach operations are primarily executed by volunteers, resulting in minimal administrative software and website maintenance expenses for the fiscal year.
$158 spentof which $158 as grants0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $38,058.
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 $432k to $551k (+27%).
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.
67% of HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% 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
Lawrence Rothman
Chief Executive Officer
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $20k → $20k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP’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
HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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 HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 63% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 74% · 2022 83% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k 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
HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 162 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 162 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP: 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 HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP?
- HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP (Florida) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $307,314 to it, the largest being FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION ($175,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $307,314 in grants to HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP?
- FOR AUTISTIC KIDS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $175,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HELPING ADULTS WITH AUTISM PERFORM AND EXCEL CORP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 9 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