Maryland · Nonprofit
PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM
PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM (Maryland) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,095,524 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($283,450). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 39
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Pathfinders for Autism does
Mission
Pathfinders for Autism works to educate and train the community to support and improve the lives of individuals with autism and their families throughout the lifespan.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community: growing relationships and educating all members within maryland to increase awareness, acceptance and belonging for all individuals with autism and their support networks.services include - healthcare professional training, autism 101 training, educator and student training, input on maryland policies, educating elected officials, resource fairs, and self-advocacy group.~and~providing events for individuals and their support networks to engage and enjoy social opportunities throughout maryland fostering greater belonging for all.events include - aquarium event, science center event, ladew gardens event, baseball events, sailing event, train garden, swim event, adult social group, online events, bingo, movies, yoga, scavenger hunt, cooking class, trivia night, and art activities.
$274,571 spent39% of program spendingResource: offering and developing guidance for individuals and their support networks inlocating providers and information to meet their immediate needs.services include - help line 443.330.5341, provider directory, community calendar, live parent/caregiver education workshops and webinar library, pfa tip articles, robust website with navigation guide.
$151,065 spent21% of program spendingSafety: education and practical training in the most prevalent safety areas to reduce and prevent the risk of injury and danger.services include - swim training, life guard education, swim lesson scholarships, swim instructor education, mock traffic stops, first responder training, wandering/elopement & drowning public awareness & education.
$280,504 spent40% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $706,140.
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 $1.3M to $1.8M (+41%).
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 2% · 2021 1% · 2022 6% · 2023 8% · 2024 2% · 2025 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Rebecca Rienzi
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income fell $57k → $18k.
7 of 39 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 39 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
PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
40% 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 PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 44% · 2019 54% · 2020 36% · 2021 46% · 2022 49% · 2023 30% — 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
32% of PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
92% of PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $417k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $270k on record.
- Department of Justice$270k
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 PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM
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.
Where the money goes
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM: 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 PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM?
- PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM (Maryland) receives grants from 39 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,095,524 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($283,450). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM have?
- IRS filings report 39 organizations giving $1,095,524 in grants to PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $283,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PATHFINDERS FOR AUTISM 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.
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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 2017–2025), and the filings of 39 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