Autism Foundation of Tennessee Inc

Analysis

Autism Foundation of Tennessee Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Franklin, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2008, 18 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Autism Foundation of Tennessee Inc reported income of $568k and spending of $671k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.1m to $568k (-86%), an average of -39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Autism Foundation of Tennessee Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include A Cure for Robert Inc ($568k), York Opioid Collaborative ($568k) and Lown Institute Inc ($567k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 27% and program service revenue 66% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $324k. At year end it held assets of $643k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $628k. It reported 10 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.