Rhode Island · Nonprofit
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,291 to it, the largest being THE VIVINT GIVEBACK FOUNDATION ($200,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $231k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $587k
- Net assets
- $283k
What National Autism Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of the national autism association is to respond to the most urgent needs of the autism community, providing real help and hope so that all affected can reach their full potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, naa continued its public awareness efforts bt continuing to build an extensive social networking campaign providing vital information, support, and resources to the autism community and general public. Their give a voice program provides assistive communication devices to non-verbal or minimally verbal individuals. Naa also assists with personal safety and continues to distribute big red safety boxes containing materials to help prevent dangerous wandering and elopement incidents to families across the united states free of charge. Naa also provided safety training to caregivers, social workers, and first responders. They continue to offer information and support through their website and toll-free line. Naa continues to host webinars with experts on a variety of topics free of charge for families amd professionals.
$241,510 spentof which $44,202 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $241,510.
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 2020 to 2021, from $358k to $489k (+36%).
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: 2020 28% · 2021 5% · 2022 10% · 2023 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION 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. 6 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.
Chief executive
Krystal Higgins
Executive director/CFO
Board chair
Claire M Bothwell
Board chair and secretary
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $69k → $22k.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
42% 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 NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 62% · 2019 68% · 2020 92% · 2021 79% · 2022 62% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“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
10% of NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $103k 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
NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $427k on record.
- Department of Justice$427k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC?
- NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC (Rhode Island) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,291 to it, the largest being THE VIVINT GIVEBACK FOUNDATION ($200,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $587,291 in grants to NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC?
- THE VIVINT GIVEBACK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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