Louisiana · Nonprofit
UNLOCKING AUTISM
UNLOCKING AUTISM (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,300 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2018
- $11k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $38k
What Unlocking Autism does
Mission
Unlocking Autism, founded in February of 1999, grew out of a concern that children were being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders at an alarming rate and yet the public was uninformed. Our primary mission for the organization is to bring the issues of autism from individual homes to the forefront of national dialogue. We strive to join parents and professionals in one concerted effort to fight for these children who cannot lift their voices to the nation for help. We work diligently to educate parents about pending legislation, existing laws, as well as biomedical and behavioral treatment options. We assist parents of newly diagnosed children by providing direction through our Parent to Parent Network and support hotline in an effort to network families across the country. We raise funds for biomedical research, behavioral research and projects. We work to increase society's ability to work with and understand people with autism. We strive to help those on the autism spectrum reac
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
UA Accomplishments 2018Highlights for Unlocking Autism in 2018 listed below:Coordinating efforts to develop biomedical treatment modality for Medicaid patients in Louisiana to serve as a pilot for the country when the Autism CARES Reauthorization Act passes in 2019. Research case study for affordable diet for patients with autism designed to help them lose weight and boost probiotic in gut - partnered with Pennington Biomedical Research Center.Research and recommendations into the Foster Care system for addressing the needs of individuals with autism.Implementation of a strategic plan to address autism from birth/diagnosis to adulthood for Louisiana.Continued Engagement with the Genesis Employment Coalition in collaboration with Merakey/Gateway Transition Center to develop relationships with prospective employers in Louisiana that will hire individuals with autism.Continuation of the Unlocking Autism Prayer Warrior group.Development of two bible studies for mothers of children with autism - Wonder Women Fear God Only and Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear.Collaborated with the Autism Reform Policy Coalition to develop federal legislation that will establish and office dedicated to…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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 $43k to $39k (−10%).
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.
93% of UNLOCKING AUTISM’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $2k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 UNLOCKING AUTISM’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
UNLOCKING AUTISM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 UNLOCKING AUTISM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
90% of UNLOCKING AUTISM'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 Louisiana, across 3 states.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.
Against its field
UNLOCKING AUTISM's revenue fell 69% between 2017 and 2018.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,029 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2018
Organizations like UNLOCKING AUTISM
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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for UNLOCKING AUTISM: 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 UNLOCKING AUTISM?
- UNLOCKING AUTISM (Louisiana) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,300 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UNLOCKING AUTISM have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $22,300 in grants to UNLOCKING AUTISM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNLOCKING AUTISM?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNLOCKING AUTISM find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), 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