Arizona · Nonprofit
ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER
ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $891,304 to it, the largest being THE WEGE FOUNDATION ($560,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $891k
- Net assets
- $133k
What St Dominic Savio Academy Inc Dba Story Autism Center does
Mission
We are committed to educating children with autism spectrum and related disorders utilizing the research-based methodology of applied behavior analysis. St. Dominic Savio Academy believes that every child, regardless of ability, has the right to an individualized and effective education in a setting where their dignity is upheld, and their unique strengths and interests are encouraged. SDSA is committed to honoring the dignity and particular strengths of each child while teaching skills that promote meaningful and lasting change for children and their families. St. Dominic Savio Academy will bring about meaningful and lasting change which will transform lives, families, and communities. Together with families and community, we aim for each student to reach their full potential. This will be accomplished through academic education, vocation training, and the development of life skills.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
St. Dominic Savio Academy, DBA Story Autism Center's curriculum is taught utilizing the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), with full-time program direction by a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst. Students are exposed to daily instruction in all academic areas including math, reading, and writing. They receive instruction daily in social and play skills, vocational skills, and daily living and self-help skills. In addition, all students have the opportunity to participate in music therapy, P.E., and art instruction weekly. For the calendar year of 2025, there were 34 students and 12 early intervention clients who were enrolled in these activities. We also operate an onsite childcare/preschool program which enrolls both staff and community enrollments. This inclusive program served 14 children.
$2,179,655 spentof which $16,398 as grants$2,256,781 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,179,655.
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 $858k to $1.4M (+58%).
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 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Corinna C Ndolo
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $26k → $85k.
3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER’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
ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 100% · 2019 86% · 2020 80% · 2021 92% · 2022 87% · 2023 59% — 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
40% of ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 5 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Next Step Southwest LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER?
- ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER (Arizona) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $891,304 to it, the largest being THE WEGE FOUNDATION ($560,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $891,304 in grants to ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER?
- THE WEGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $560,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ST DOMINIC SAVIO ACADEMY INC DBA STORY AUTISM CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. 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 9 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing