Maryland · Nonprofit
Hussman Institute for Autism Inc
Hussman Institute for Autism Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $487k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $5
- Net assets
- $28k
What Hussman Institute for Autism Inc does
Mission
To improve the lives of individuals with autism and their families by advancing the understanding of the neurological basis of autism, by identifying potential long-term therapies, and by creating a continuum of supports to address immediate needs for evidence-based teaching methods, communication, inclusion, and independence.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Programs
The Program on Translational Research previously named Program on Neuroscience is focused on the scientific study of pathways involved in neural circuit function and connectivity, advancing genomic and neurobiological research in autism. The Institute's Program on Translational Research seeks to understand how genes and molecular pathways that have been implicated in autism affect neural connectivity and brain function. Better understanding of these pathways, and how they may be altered in autism, can lead to an understanding of the factors underlying difficulties in communication, movement, sensory processing and social interaction. The understanding may also inform strategies to compensate or intervene in ways that may reduce the challenges faced by individuals with autism. Dr. Hussman, Executive Director of the Institute, has a long and successful history with the researchers within the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine and founded the Hussman Institute for Human Genom
$120,309 spentThe Program on Supports is focused on developing a continuum of resources to serve the day-to-day needs of individuals with autism, including training materials, model programs, and research-based practices, centered around principles of positive, naturalistic, humane support, and the presumption that individuals with autism are competent - even if they face significant challenges demonstrating it through communication and initiation. The Institute's primary focus is on individuals with autism who have limited or minimal spoken communication behavioral, sensory or motor challenges, and the need for significant day-to-day support. While the Institute is not an activity center or fee-for-service clinic, the Institute has developed model programs which can be replicated in other communities to support individuals with autism, including developing a training program for school paraprofessionals in collaboration with the Maryland State Department of Education and Towson University. The Inst
$335,358 spent
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2018 to 2019, from $4.2M to $2.8M (−34%).
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 2% · 2018 2% · 2019 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Hussman Institute for Autism Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 3 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.9M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hussman Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Hussman Institute for Autism Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Hussman Institute 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Hussman Institute 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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Hussman Institute for Autism Inc's revenue fell 92% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Hussman Institute 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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hussman Institute 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 Hussman Institute for Autism Inc?
- Hussman Institute for Autism Inc (Maryland) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $5 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($5). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Hussman Institute for Autism Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $5 in grants to Hussman Institute for Autism Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Hussman Institute for Autism Inc?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hussman Institute for Autism Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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