California · Nonprofit
PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION
PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $862,631 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($185,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $863k
- Net assets
- $27M
What Pacific Autism Center for Education does
Mission
To enhance the lives of people impacted by autism, through innovation, exceptional education, and compassionate care.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The educational program operates three certified non-public schools ("nps") for persons with autism and related developmental disabilities, serving students 3 to 22 years of age. The teaching philosophy is based on a child-centered approach, allowing each child to work on his/her specific learning needs by utilizing their strengths and interests. Students experience an age appropriate academic curriculum, taught individually and in small groups. Services include full-time, on-site, occupational therapists, speech & language therapists and certified behaviorists which play an integral part in the design and implementation of the program. Additionally, the three-step vocational and independent life skills program prepares students to achieve independence and workplace success in the future. The educational program is certified by the state and additionally accredited by the western association of schools and colleges ("wasc").
$7,312,408 spentof which $1,036 as grants$9,760,674 earned by the program61% of program spendingThe residential program consists of one group home for children in cupertino and four group homes for adults in sunnyvale and san jose. The clients residing in the group homes are individuals with disabilities, which include autism and various related developmental disabilities. In the group homes, clients are taught daily living skills and the appropriate social behavior. They spend time in the community on outings such as grocery shopping, hiking, amusement parks and much more.
$3,296,698 spent$3,636,389 earned by the program27% of program spendingFaces's mission is to enable children with autism to reach their full potential by providing the community a resource for early intervention therapies (ages 2 to 10), services for adolescents with autism (ages 11 to 22), and community awareness of childhood autistic disorders. The faces developmental program is grounded in aba methodologies coupled with an emphasis on social development strategies.
$1,014,695 spent$431,197 earned by the program8% of program spendingConnections refers to the preschool operations at the sunny days campus ("sunny days"). Sunny days provides a safe, fun, and caring learning environment where young children can explore and grow.
$433,920 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,057,721.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $25M to $33M (+32%).
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: 2021 3% · 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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 5 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $67k → $161k.
13 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION’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
PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% 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
87% 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 PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 26% · 2018 48% · 2019 37% · 2020 43% · 2021 46% · 2022 35% · 2023 26% — 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
55% of PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
84% of PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION'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 $135k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $728k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION?
- PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $862,631 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($185,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $862,631 in grants to PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $185,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PACIFIC AUTISM CENTER FOR EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 22 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