Virginia · Nonprofit
THE FAISON CENTER INC
THE FAISON CENTER INC (Virginia) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,282,836 to it, the largest being COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATIONS ($6,000,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 50
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $50M
What The Faison Center Inc does
Mission
At the faison center, our mission is to give children and adults with autism and related challenges the best opportunity to improve their life's journey through evidence-based practice.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The organization's primary accomplishment is the operation of two schools. The school serves students aged 5 to 22. Students are on-site 6 hours a day, 5 days a week.
$12,160,775 spent$18,015,176 earned by the program64% of program spendingThe behavioral health clinic provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluation, clinical and consultative services and treatment of individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other development disabilities.outpatient clinical services are also provided. Individuals need not be enrolled at the faison school to be provided services.the clinic's early education center offers an early intervention and education program to help children as young as 16 months old develop communication and social skills and provides the family with support and training.
$3,402,268 spent18% of program spendingAdult services encompasses the faison residence; adult day services; and the family partner program. The faison residence is a compassionate community allowing individuals with special needs to transition from a typical day school to a more independent lifestyle in adulthood. The faison residence provides a semi-independent living community consisting of apartments as well as a community room and recreational facilities for social activities. The residence allows for on demand 24/7 care, which improves the quality of care while reducing costs.adult day services program is a strategic community focused program which develops, arranges and coordinates learning opportunities such as daily living skills, health and recreation programs and volunteering.the family partner program is a unique community living approach where an individual with disabilities is matched with a professional family partner in a single-family home. Regular in-home coaching and oversight is provided by the organization.
$3,520,706 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $19,083,749.
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 2017 to 2018, from $32M to $47M (+46%).
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: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of THE FAISON CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
William Mccann
President and CEO
Board chair
Don Faison Jr
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $444k → $456k.
10 of 50 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 THE FAISON CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 50 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 FAISON CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 77%; 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 56% · 2018 83% · 2019 63% · 2020 90% · 2021 86% · 2022 86% · 2023 24% — 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
43% of THE FAISON CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
98% of THE FAISON CENTER INC's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 FAISON CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FAISON CENTER 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 6 related entities
- 1701 Byrd Ave LLC · disregarded
- The Faison Residence LLC · disregarded
- The Faison School for Autism LLC · disregarded
- 5215 West Broad Street LLC · disregarded
- 5215 West Broad Commercial LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE FAISON CENTER INC?
- THE FAISON CENTER INC (Virginia) receives grants from 50 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,282,836 to it, the largest being COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATIONS ($6,000,000). 29 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FAISON CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 50 organizations giving $10,282,836 in grants to THE FAISON CENTER INC, 29 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FAISON CENTER INC?
- COMMONWEALTH FOUNDATIONS is the largest funder on record, with $6,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FAISON CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 50 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