Action for Autism

Analysis

Action for Autism is a registered charity in United States, based in Fenton, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Action for Autism reported income of $530k and spending of $146k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $162k to $530k (+228%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 105%. Over the whole period it spent 51% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Action for Autism sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mansfield I S D Education Foundation Inc ($530k), Clarinda Foundation Inc ($531k) and Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America ($530k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 102% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $106k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $10k, net assets of $1.1m. It reported 2 employees.