Grants for autism organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to autism awareness organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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348 autism awareness organizations received at least $9.0 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 658 grants made from 500 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 500 foundations, 90% made just a single grant to autism orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more autism orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$9,007,244

Total grant dollars given to autism organizations

658

Number of grants made annually to autism organizations

500

Number of grantmakers funding autism organizations

$1,000

Median grant size to autism organizations

Foundations that support autism awareness organizations

Out of all grants made to autism organizations, 78% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 88% of the dollar-value of grants to autism orgs. Foundations funding autism orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, universities, educational service providers, and developmentally disabled centers.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	390
Medium	53
Large	56

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	16
Private	408
Corporate	36
Other	40

Grants made

Grants made to autism orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	451
2-3	38
4-10	6
11+	5

Top 10 foundations supporting autism awareness organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to autism orgs	Number of grants made to autism orgs	Median grant size
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.2%	21	$500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.5%	19	$1,015
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	19	$120
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.0%	14	$50
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	13	$745
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	10	$7
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	7	$50
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.2%	6	$1,667
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	5	$600
The Bob and Carol Passaneau Foundation	IL	Metro	20.8%	4	$1,800

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Autism awareness organizations grantees

Autism organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 60% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 29% of all autism orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	656
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$1,000
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	173
California	58
Pennsylvania	41
Ohio	41
Other	345

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	172
Philadelphia	34
Chicago	27
Los Angeles	25
Other	379

Top 25 grants made to autism organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Lifeworks at Wku	$5,057,937	To Provide Research, Service, and Lifelong Learning Opportunities for Students, Faculty, and Other Constituents As Well As Enriching the Quality of Life for Those Within Its Reach.	Wku Foundation
Easter Seals Coastal Fairfield Count	$2,834,167	Note Payable	Oak Hill / The Connecticut Institute for the Blind Inc
Turning Pointe Autism Foundation	$5,000	Ipads To Supportnon-Verbal	The A Montgomery Ward Foundation
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC)	$5,000	General Support	Evans Charitable Foundation
Autism Speaks	$5,000	Support People With Autism	Professional Contract Services (PCSI)
Autism Speaks	$5,000	Accelerating A Spectrum of Solutions for Autism.	Irving I Moskowitz Foundation
4 Paws for Ability	$5,000	To Foster & Support Donee's Charitable Mandate	The Gerald and Judith Feldman Charitable Foundation
Project Hope Foundation of Florida	$5,000	Entreprenuership	The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation
Autism Society of North Carolina	$5,000	Support Individuals and Families With Autism in North Carolina	Porter B. Byrum Charitable Trust
Autism Speaks	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	The Steven C Calicchio Foundation
Dan Marino Foundation (DMF)	$5,000	Program Support	The Miami Foundation
Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC)	$5,000	Communityworks Program	The Molly Lawson Foundation
Mission for Educating Children With Autism	$5,000	Educating Children With Autism	The Mutual Fire Foundation
Autism Speaks	$5,000	Unrestricted Charitable Uses	Hillsborough Concours D'elegance Foundation (HCF)
Autism Speaks	$5,000	General Purposes	Barbara Dorsch Foundation
Sweetwater Spectrum	$5,000	Community	Rosenberg Ach Foundation
Exceptional Minds (EM)	$5,000	Provide Young Adults With Autism With Training in the Field of Multi-Media	The Annette M Lerner and Theodore N Lerner Family Foundation
Autism Tennessee	$5,000	Operational Funding Request	Hca Healthcare Foundation
Autism Speaks	$5,000	Dedicated To Promoting Solutions for the Needs of Individuals With Autism and Their Families.	JC Flowers Foundation
Autism Speaks	$5,000	Social Services	Ingram-White Castle Foundation
Benjamin's Hope	$5,000	General Operation	Scott and Janet Spoelhof Foundation
Have Dreams	$5,000	Extracurricular Programs for Children With Autism	Dr. Scholl Foundation
Autism Urban Connections	$5,000	Operating Support To Address Increased Expenses Associated With Covid-19	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Autism Urban Connections	$5,000	Operating Support for Resources and Education To Black Families of Children With Autism	Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
Emerald Coast Autism Center in	$5,000	Donation	National Defense Industrial Association

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Autism organizations" category for this page is determined by the "G84: Autism" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.