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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AUTISM RESEARCH INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,775,271
Total expenses
$1,428,445
Contributions and grants received
$1,689,416
Grants paid
$504,929
Program service revenue
$1,151
Investment income
$19,604
Other revenue
$65,100
Total assets, end of year
$4,740,780
Total liabilities, end of year
$64,710
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,676,070
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,229,670
Management and general expenses
$118,234
Fundraising expenses
$80,541
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,229,670

Program services were 86.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $3,415

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,686,001

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Royalties

    total $1,151 · excluded $1,151

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $122,567 · excluded $122,567

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $102,963

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$102,963

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$102,963

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $99,382

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $34,282

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $65,100

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $199,879 · program services $199,879

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $305,050 · program services $305,050

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $185,999 · program services $167,399 · management and general $7,440 · fundraising $11,160

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $244,466 · program services $220,019 · management and general $9,779 · fundraising $14,668

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,823 · program services $4,341 · management and general $193 · fundraising $289

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,078 · program services $30,670 · management and general $1,363 · fundraising $2,045

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $350 · program services $350

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,490 · program services $3,636 · management and general $23,612 · fundraising $242

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $13,035 · management and general $13,035

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $54,581 · program services $1,550 · management and general $23,738 · fundraising $29,293

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $5,375 · fundraising $5,375

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $23,260 · program services $21,295 · management and general $786 · fundraising $1,179

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $68,329 · program services $67,246 · management and general $433 · fundraising $650

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,200 · program services $38,160 · management and general $2,880 · fundraising $2,160

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,833 · program services $6,558 · management and general $20,703 · fundraising $2,572

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,311 · program services $798 · management and general $513

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,196 · management and general $7,196

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING/POSTAGE

    total $32,564 · program services $21,656 · fundraising $10,908

  • 24b · Other expenses: THINK TANKS/WEBINARS

    total $72,143 · program services $72,143

  • 24c · Other expenses: PHYSICIAN WEBCAST

    total $19,419 · program services $19,419

  • 24d · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP

    total $46,680 · program services $46,680

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,384 · program services $2,821 · management and general $6,563

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $952,394 · end of year $302,380

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $50,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,268 · end of year $26,906

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $104,110

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $97,657

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $7,764 · end of year $6,453

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,032,312 · end of year $4,345,041

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $10,000 · end of year $10,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $12,728 · end of year $12,759

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $88,928

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $48,500 · end of year $51,951

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,789,342 · end of year $4,556,830

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $69,240 · end of year $119,240

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The mission of the Autism Research Institute is to advance the health of autistic people through biomedical research and free education.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ARI was founded to meet the needs of the autism community by sponsoring research networking with researchers, clinicians, parents and disseminating information regarding individuals of all ages on the autism spectrum.

  • To advance the health of autistic people through biomedical research and free education. This includes 1 conducting research, 2 organizing national and regional think tanks, 3 sponsoring near weekly webinars, 4 offering, in joint-providership with the Cleveland Clinic, complimentary AMA PRA Category1 Credit to physicians, 5 sponsoring a popular website, www.autism.org, 6 producing informative videos, and 7 publishing e-newsletters, a quarterly science newsletter, and multidisciplinary books, and curating the National Autism History Museum.

    Expenses $755,169

  • The Autism Research Institute ARI has awarded research grants to scientific investgators worldwide. ARI prides itself in funding research that makes a difference. The funded research is aimed at investigating the underlying causes of autism including biochemistry and neurology as well as developing and validating treatment effectiveness. ARI supports two major autism tissue banks including the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the University of Maryland and the gastrointestinal autism tissue bank at Massachusetts General Hospital. Much of ARIs funded research is focused on examining the gastrointestinal, immune, and metabolic systems.

    Expenses $465,274

  • The autism research institute ARI is a non-governmental organization NGO, registered with the United Nations. ARI collaborates with researchers, organizes conferences and think tanks, and actively consults with autism organizations worldwide. Many of our articles, videos, and assessment questionnaires have been translated into various languages in the past years, ARI provides outreach services to families and professionals in 77 countries.

    Expenses $9,227

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dr Stephen M Edelson

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $185,999
    From this org
    $185,999
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,999
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $185,999

  • Dr Marvin Natowicz

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $8,765
    From this org
    $8,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    6

  • Kelly Barnhill

    Co Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $1,350
    From this org
    $1,350
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dr Robert Hendren

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $515
    From this org
    $515
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Margaret Bauman

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $300
    From this org
    $300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Kenneth Sassower

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Harland Winter

    Co Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Jill James

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • James Walker

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Wenn Lawson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
5 June 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412049349301351

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