Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Analysis

Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Autistic Self Advocacy Network reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.0m to $2.1m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Autistic Self Advocacy Network sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cure Sanfilippo Foundation ($2.1m), Whitemarsh House Inc ($2.1m) and Surgery Center of Greater Nashua ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 23% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $126k (6.1% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $5.2m against liabilities of $1.0m, net assets of $4.2m. It reported 17 employees.