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HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH

HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH (Texas) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $512,851 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($117,382). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$1.0M
Funders on record
19
Grants received
$513k
Net assets
$-315217
10/19 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What Hope Center 4 Autism - Fort Worth does

Mission

Provide education, training, support, and other assistance to individuals and families of individuals who have autism.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Trained therapists to use repetition, feedback and positive reinforcement to help children with autism to master small tasks, develop fine and gross motor skills, language and socialization skills.

    $1,019,456 spent$646,635 earned by the program
    90% of program spending
  2. Trained therapists to work as consultants for parents of children with autism. The therapists will work for both public and private schools to determine a child's eligibility for disability services and to assist parents and teachers in the development of the child's individualized education program.

    $57,616 spent$35,925 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  3. Trained therapists and others to provide support in groups and other resources to parents and siblings of children with autism.

    $57,616 spent$35,925 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,134,688.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($985k) Net assets 100 ($237k)2018 Revenue 85 ($956k) Expenses 114 ($1.1M) Net assets 59 ($139k)2019 Revenue 96 ($1.1M) Expenses 116 ($1.1M) Net assets 10 ($24k)2020 Revenue 96 ($1.1M) Expenses 102 ($1.0M) Net assets 41 ($96k)2021 Revenue 80 ($906k) Expenses 108 ($1.1M) Net assets -27 ($-65128)2022 Revenue 98 ($1.1M) Expenses 113 ($1.1M) Net assets -29 ($-69298)2023 Revenue 91 ($1.0M) Expenses 129 ($1.3M) Net assets -133 ($-315217)
2017201820192020202120222023
Revenue (91)Expenses (129)Net assets (-133)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $164k to $54k (−67%).

$263k
$164k
$54k
$100k
$102k
$92k
$25k
2017201820192020202120222023
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 23% · 2022 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

29% of HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$146k
’17
−$163k
’18
−$55k
’19
$80k
’20
−$161k
’21
−$4k
’22
−$246k
’23
0.0
months of
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.

2017201820192020202120222023
Listed13131212121212
Joined·+3+2+0+0+8+0
No longer listed·330080
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $74k → $42k.

5 of 19 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 HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH’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

HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

68% 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 HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH.

23%
largest funder
58%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 34% · 2019 46% · 2020 29% · 2021 20% · 2022 54% · 2023 37% — 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

43% of HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

65% of HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH's grant income comes from Texas funders.

RI
VA
DE
AZ
NC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $195k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $513k to it.

Operating margin−24% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.0mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,853 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

Organizations like HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH

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In Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 6%Fundraising 5%

Governance

12
board members
92%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

93%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH?
HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH (Texas) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $512,851 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($117,382). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH have?
IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $512,851 in grants to HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH?
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $117,382 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HOPE CENTER 4 AUTISM - FORT WORTH 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 19 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