Indiana · Nonprofit
OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC
OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,936 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($3,238). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $552k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $148k
What Optimal Rhythms Inc does
Mission
Optimal rhythms is committed to supporting autistic individuals on the autism spectrum to achieve their maximum potential, while building confidence and independence for their lives. We provide autism training to educators, administrators, therapists, medical professionals, congregations, first responders, etc. Via our school, our camp, our annual conference, and our research. Our programs focus on supporting children and adults challenged by their motor and communication differences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Access academy therapeutic day school for autistic students the program is specifically designed to provide an alternative educational classroom for students on the autism spectrum who are not making adequate academic progress in the traditional school setting. Students are provided with specially-designed cost-effective supports and accommodations that allow enrolled autistic students access to age- appropriate learning, while decreasing their problematic behaviors. The school is used to implement and evaluate research to help establish a best practice model.
$256,113 spent$374,645 earned by the program81% of program spendingAccess family summer intensives provide caregivers with crucial opportunities to develop reliable multi-modal communication skills and practice proven therapeutic supports. Each family is supported on their individual journey, fostering a sense of community and mutual encouragement.
$1,004 spent$31,454 earned by the program0% of program spendingRethinking autism conference and trainings, educates medical professionals, therapists,educators, parents, and caregivers who are tasked with caring for childrenand adults with autism spectrum disorders. The trainings present the mostscientific and relevant information available to improve outcomes andquality of life for individuals and families affected by autism. Thetraining models highlight research that has been gathered in our classroom,reported by autistic self-advocates, along with other related researchhappening around the world. The research gathered and presented is used to help establish best practices to support and educate those impacted by sensory and neuromotor differences in autism.
$53,368 spent$34,118 earned by the program17% of program spendingResearch
$4,224 spent1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $314,709.
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.
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 $157k to $49k (−69%).
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 0% · 2021 2% · 2023 18% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $3k → $437.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 OPTIMAL RHYTHMS 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
OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
54% 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 OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 2022 61% · 2023 57% — 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.
Where its funders are
54% of OPTIMAL RHYTHMS 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. Of the $4k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like OPTIMAL RHYTHMS 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
51% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OPTIMAL RHYTHMS 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 OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC?
- OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC (Indiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,936 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($3,238). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $7,936 in grants to OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC?
- NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,238 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPTIMAL RHYTHMS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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