California Autism Foundation

Analysis

California Autism Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Richmond, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1989, 37 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, California Autism Foundation reported income of $7.5m and spending of $6.5m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $8.0m to $7.5m (-6.8%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, California Autism Foundation sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 94th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South County Health Foundation ($7.5m), Devereux Cleo Wallace ($7.5m) and American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists ($7.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.6% and program service revenue 86% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $325k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.2m. At year end it held assets of $11.8m against liabilities of $425k, net assets of $11.3m. It reported 107 employees.