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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GRANT A GIFT AUTISM FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,927,995
Total expenses
$6,471,753
Contributions and grants received
$8,813,968
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,663,694
Investment income
$167,717
Other revenue
-$717,384
Total assets, end of year
$9,105,600
Total liabilities, end of year
$972,583
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,133,017
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,137,170
Management and general expenses
$1,090,023
Fundraising expenses
$244,560
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,137,170

Program services were 79.4% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $112,503

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $2,302,529

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $5,198,479

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,200,457

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $181,788

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Ackerman Autism Center

    total $1,663,694 · related or exempt $1,663,694

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $167,533 · excluded $167,533

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $15,403

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

    securities $15,219

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $184

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $184 · excluded $184

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $158,750

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $2,302,529

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $884,369

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$725,619 · excluded -$725,619

  • 11a · Other revenue: License plate fees

    total $5,850 · excluded $5,850

  • 11b · Other revenue: Other revenue

    total $2,385 · related or exempt $2,385

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,235

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $335,468 · management and general $335,468

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,315,482 · program services $2,342,535 · management and general $833,107 · fundraising $139,840

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $67,280 · program services $64,784 · management and general $2,496

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $160,744 · program services $101,748 · management and general $52,017 · fundraising $6,979

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $267,266 · program services $172,636 · management and general $83,431 · fundraising $11,199

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $143,844 · program services $136,745 · management and general $7,099

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $668,345 · program services $668,140 · fundraising $205

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $93,134 · program services $85,639 · fundraising $7,495

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $90,349 · program services $79,127 · management and general $11,222

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $243,871 · program services $243,871

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $553,469 · program services $466,062 · management and general $87,407

  • 17 · Travel

    total $17,318 · program services $17,318

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,371 · program services $4,371

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,482 · management and general $1,482

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $53,520 · program services $53,520

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $46,704 · management and general $46,704

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bad debt expense

    total $267,663 · management and general $267,663

  • 24b · Other expenses: Operational expenses

    total $100,068 · program services $100,068

  • 24c · Other expenses: Merchant & bank fees

    total $38,875 · management and general $38,875

  • 24d · Other expenses: Functional expense recl

    total $0 · program services $600,606 · management and general -$679,448 · fundraising $78,842

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $476,106 · end of year $520,511

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,344,414 · end of year $6,434,958

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $602,835 · end of year $917,756

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,456,568 · end of year $238,805

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $33,670 · end of year $235,150

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

    $614,012

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

    $434,662

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $130,665 · end of year $179,350

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $856,921 · end of year $579,070

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $228,429 · end of year $270,665

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $20,000 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $144,568 · end of year $140,804

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $831,407 · end of year $561,114

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,241,003 · end of year $6,660,170

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,435,772 · end of year $1,472,847

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Grant a Gift Autism Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing comprehensive clinical services, resources, education, research, and advocacy for individuals and families living with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions. Grant-A-Gift Autism Foundation took over the Ackerman Autism Center operations from UNLV Health effective June 28, 2021. The Foundation created a wholly-owned, single-member LLC to continue to provide clinical treatment services to its patients.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Provide individuals and their families living with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders with vital diagnostic, therapy, and wrap-around services.

  • Clinical Treatment Services - The clinical treatment services provide access to individuals and families seeking autism services, including early diagnostics, assessments, developmental-behavioral pediatrics, pediatric neurology, neuropsychological assessments, as well as therapeutic access to include Early Start Denver Model.

    Expenses $4,971,588 · Revenue $1,663,694

  • Group Social Treatment Service Programs include BUDS, TeenBUDS, and the Daily Living Skills Program. These programs focus on Building Up and Developing Social play life skills for children in different age brackets from 6-18 years old. Children are given the opportunity to gain much-needed skills and learn how to interact with peers in a nurturing environment, ultimately creating future success in relationships, the workplace, and the community.Vocational Programming - Programs include the TeenWORKS Community and Internships. Occupational Readiness, Knowledge, and Skills Programs consist of community-based vocational/life-prep transition programs, serving teenagers to young adults in their twenties on the autism spectrum, or with other neurodevelopmental conditions. Along with gaining a comprehensive set of job readiness skills across multiple settings, participants have the potential to gain social and behavioral skills across multiple settings, participants have the potential to gain social and behavioral skills required for a successful transition into paid working positions and other areas of adulthood. Quarterly reports focus on tracking individualized progress throughout the program by their assigned therapist.

    Expenses $165,582 · Revenue $2,385

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Ackerman

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ellen Whittemore

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Hager

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $184,253
    From this org
    $174,038
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,215
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,038
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,253
    Filer's total
    $184,253
  • Alli Abrahamson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Marc Badain

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Shanna Birky

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tony Bonnici

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Randy Gabe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Daniel Gerety

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sarah Guindy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gwen Johnson PhD

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sandra-Leigh Findlay

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jessy Liddell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Lowenhar-Fisher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathy Martin

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christopher J Stuhmer

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brian Lauzon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yannick Dalhouse

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pat Christenson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eric Hill

    Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $151,215
    From this org
    $130,198
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,017
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,198
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,208
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,809
    Filer's total
    $151,215
  • Donna Curry

    Director - Emeritus (nonvoting)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Sharry Quillin

    Director - Emeritus (nonvoting)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joshua Harrold

    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

    Total calculated
    $150,499
    From this org
    $144,711
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,788
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,711
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,788
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $150,499
  • Elizabeth Wilkes

    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

    Total calculated
    $144,102
    From this org
    $133,396
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,706
    Hours/week
    40
  • Emily Hayes

    Director of Marketing & Events

    Total calculated
    $140,632
    From this org
    $126,314
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,318
    Hours/week
    40
  • Christine Sterner

    Speech-Language Pathologist

    Total calculated
    $121,080
    From this org
    $114,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,224
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cameron Sinquimani

    Director of Programs

    Total calculated
    $117,183
    From this org
    $103,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,702
    Hours/week
    40

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
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 3
Proposals for compensation are made based on comparisons with industry averages, and then submitted and voted upon by the Board.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Ackerman Autism Center LLC

    Autism patient services · NV · income $1,893,174 · assets $1,047,159

    Directly controlled by Grant a Gift Autism Foundation

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349317717

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