Missouri · Nonprofit
THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT
THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT (Missouri) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,038,793 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($465,800). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.9M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $491k
What Thompson Foundation for Autism & Neurodevelopment does
Mission
The thompson foundation for autism and neurodevelopment strengthens children and families affected by autism spectrum disorders through raising awareness and support for interventions, education and research.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Award to the operation of the thompson center for autism at the university of missouri-columbia
$3,228,684 spentof which $3,206,459 as grants100% of program spendingDonations to other organizations involved in the care and treatment of autism and support grants to families.
$6,811 spentof which $6,811 as grants0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,235,495.
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 2023 to 2024, from $898k to $443k (−51%).
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.
100% of THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT’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. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $42k → $369k.
12 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% 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 THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
77% 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 THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 53% · 2019 33% · 2020 48% · 2021 42% · 2022 31% · 2023 81% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
54% of THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT'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 $935k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M 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
THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT has grown faster 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
Organizations like THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT?
- THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT (Missouri) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,038,793 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($465,800). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,038,793 in grants to THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $465,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THOMPSON FOUNDATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODEVELOPMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 31 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