Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC
THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,245,945 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($353,522). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.8M
- Funders on record
- 63
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc does
Mission
The mission of the flutie foundation is to help people and families affected by autism live life to the fullest. Our programs and partnerships improve the quality of everyday life for people and families affected by autism along seven key dimensions that are critical to living each day fully. We aim to provide a path for education and/or employment; opportunities for physical and social activity outside of work/school; and the tools to be safe, supported, and always informed.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Through the foundation's grant programs, grants were distributed to organizations that provide services related to employment, education, social and recreation endeavors, as well as safety, family support and information services. The foundation also provided technology-specific grants to schools and organizations. The foundation provided financial support to hundreds of individuals and families to access critical autism-related interventions and services. Additionally, the foundation sponsored many events and convenings that support and promote autism acceptance.
$1,991,927 spentof which $1,991,927 as grants60% of program spendingOther direct program expenses included supporting young adults with autism to help them grow towards their career and life goals and passions. Also included is flutie spectrum enterprises, a disregarded entity for tax purposes, which utilizes business principles to fulfill its mission of employing adults with autism through provision of office solution services.
$1,273,652 spent$49,524 earned by the program39% of program spendingAccesssportamerica- an adaptive water sports program that gave 32 children and adults with autism an opportunity to participate in windsurfing, hawaiian outrigger canoeing, surfing, and water-skiing sessions.
$29,500 spentof which $29,500 as grants1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,295,079.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.9M to $4.8M (+24%).
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 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC’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. 5 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
Nicholas Savarese
Executive director/fse director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 23 funders, grant income fell $470k → $307k.
12 of 63 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $15k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The Doug Flutie Jr Foundation for Autism Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 63 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
THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
86% 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 THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 46% · 2019 61% · 2020 24% · 2021 30% · 2022 56% · 2023 37% — 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
33% of THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
56% of THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM 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 $997k that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC has grown faster than half of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM 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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Flutie Spectrum Enterprises LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC?
- THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 63 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,245,945 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($353,522). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC have?
- IRS filings report 63 organizations giving $2,245,945 in grants to THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $353,522 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DOUG FLUTIE JR FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 63 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