Ohio · Nonprofit
MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES
MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES (Ohio) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,831,254 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($744,032). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $830k
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $3.8M
- Net assets
- $0
What Milestones Autism Resources does
Mission
Milestones' mission is to improve the lives of autistic individuals, families, caregivers and professionals by educating, coaching, and connecting them with trusted resources. Milestones envisions a community in which autistic individuals reach their full potential as integrated members of society, with their needs supported and their abilities, strengths, and voices valued. Founded in 2003 by parents seeking to improve the programming available for their children with autism, Milestones Autism Resources is the premier resource in northeast ohio for information about the needs of individuals with autism from birth through adulthood, offering guidance to get you through the day and help you plan for the future. As the rates of autism diagnoses have grown, milestones too has grown to understand the challenges and meet the needs of the autism community, positively impacting lives through education and evidence-based strategies for school, home, community and at work.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The milestones annual conference brings together professionals, families, and autistic individuals for a dynamic two-day event. Sessions and exhibitors provide first-hand perspectives and expert guidance for all ages and stages and support needs, with content thoughtfully designed to support individuals, families, and professionals seeking continuing education credit. Training we provide training in doctrine, incorporating trauma-informed care, for first responders, hospital staff, medical students, and adult service providers. We also partner with businesses to create a more inclusive workplace and community. Helpdesk and other the free helpdesk service connects families, autistic adults, and community professionals with tailored plans and verified resources. Our bilingual helpdesk team (english and spanish) helps individuals navigate services, resources, and common questions - cutting through the confusion of the system to provide clarity, direction, and meaningful next steps. The organization's website hosts a comprehensive database of resources covering educational, therapeutic, medical, and recreational services. It includes features like guiding questions, autism tool kits,…
$1,190,961 spent$206,042 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,190,961.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.1M to $0 (−100%).
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: 2018 7% · 2020 8% · 2021 28% · 2022 8% · 2023 24% · 2024 9% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
72% of MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $164k → $583k.
11 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% 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 MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 funders by total. 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
MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
86% 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 MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 28% · 2019 24% · 2020 43% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 30% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
59% of MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES'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 $1.6M that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES's revenue fell 40% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES
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In Ohio
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
98%
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 MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES: 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 MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES?
- MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES (Ohio) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,831,254 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($744,032). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $3,831,254 in grants to MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $744,032 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MILESTONES AUTISM RESOURCES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 50 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