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PDA NORTH AMERICA

PDA NORTH AMERICA (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,950 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($7,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$503k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$9k
Net assets
$194k
0/4 repeat funders
01What it does

What Pda North America does

Mission

Our mission is to provide advocacy, education, and resources to individuals who fit the pda profile of autism and their families along with the professionals who support them.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Pda North America's annual conference was a three-day hybrid event that brings together leading experts, clinicians, educators, caregivers, and autistic individuals to deepen understanding of pathological demand avoidance (pda). Over 500 attendees participated in the 2025 conference. The first two days featured presentations from speakers sharing the latest research, lived experiences, and practical strategies for supporting pda individuals. The third day offered small facilitated discussion groups, allowing participants to connect, reflect, and collaborate in a supportive environment. The conference promotes awareness, education, and community-building in alignment with our mission to advocate for and empower pda individuals and their families.

    $112,381 spent$140,661 earned by the program
    48% of program spending
  2. Pda North America offers a number of pre-recorded webinars and conference sessions through the online Pda North America learning lab. It offers trainings for parents & professionals, 50+ webinars, digital downloads and resources for those looking to broaden their understanding and support of pathological demand avoidance (pda).

    $27,753 spent$114,392 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Pda North America's live webinars are held virtually via zoom and feature expert speakers and lived-experience voices, designed to educate clinicians, educators, and caregivers about pathological demand avoidance (pda). These interactive sessions feature expert-led presentations and question and answer sessions. Participants gain a deeper understanding of the pda profile and leave with practical tools and strategies for more compassionate, effective support. These events further our mission by expanding awareness, building professional capacity, and fostering inclusive environments for pda individuals.

    $40,245 spent$78,898 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  4. Pda North America offers a range of virtual services to expand access to information about pathological demand avoidance (pda). These include live webinars featuring expert speakers and lived-experience voices, pre-recorded offerings available on-demand, and customized sessions for community organizations. These flexible offerings allow participants to learn at their own pace or engage in real-time dialogue, helping to build capacity among professionals and caregivers. Through these programs, we further our mission to increase awareness, provide practical strategies, and support more inclusive, compassionate care for pda-identified individuals.

    $54,211 spent$92,786 earned by the program
    23% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,590.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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.

100 = 20232023 Revenue 100 ($109k) Expenses 100 ($76k) Net assets 100 ($33k)2024 Revenue 413 ($450k) Expenses 467 ($355k) Net assets 318 ($105k)2025 Revenue 462 ($503k) Expenses 546 ($415k) Net assets 586 ($194k)
202320242025
Revenue (462)Expenses (546)Net assets (586)Peer revenue range

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 $108k to $194k (+79%).

$33k
$108k
$194k
202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

15% of PDA NORTH AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,975 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$33k
’23
$96k
’24
$88k
’25
5.6
months of
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

Diane Gould Demarteau

President & executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

20242025
Listed512
Joined·+9
No longer listed·2
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
'26*
total
funders
1
2
1

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 78% 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 PDA NORTH AMERICA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 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

PDA NORTH AMERICA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

78% 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 PDA NORTH AMERICA.

78%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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

78% of PDA NORTH AMERICA'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Illinois, across 2 states.

NY
OH

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PDA NORTH AMERICA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin18% · above the median
Months of reserve5.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)115% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding PDA NORTH AMERICA receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200 on record.

State$200
Top programs
  • (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$200

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 PDA NORTH AMERICA

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 Illinois

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 33%Fundraising 10%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

IL

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PDA NORTH AMERICA: 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 PDA NORTH AMERICA?
PDA NORTH AMERICA (Illinois) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,950 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($7,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 78% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does PDA NORTH AMERICA have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $8,950 in grants to PDA NORTH AMERICA.
Who is the largest funder of PDA NORTH AMERICA?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $7,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PDA NORTH AMERICA find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 2023–2025), 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