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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,231,621
Total expenses
$1,254,554
Contributions and grants received
$1,528,546
Grants paid
$301,347
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$17,569
Other revenue
-$314,494
Total assets, end of year
$850,841
Total liabilities, end of year
$168,765
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$682,076
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,044,964
Management and general expenses
$176,371
Fundraising expenses
$33,219
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,044,964

Program services were 83.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $771,367

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $757,179

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,569 · excluded $17,569

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $771,367

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $315,000

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$315,000 · excluded -$315,000

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $506 · excluded $506

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $506

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $293,347 · program services $293,347

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $8,000 · program services $8,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $211,937 · program services $211,937

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $243,852 · program services $175,997 · management and general $60,632 · fundraising $7,223

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,156 · program services $10,267 · management and general $1,990 · fundraising $899

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $12,755 · program services $9,954 · management and general $1,929 · fundraising $872

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $40,872 · program services $35,150 · management and general $4,905 · fundraising $817

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,170 · management and general $4,170

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,256 · management and general $50,256

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $121,712 · program services $102,610 · fundraising $19,102

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $91,557 · program services $71,557 · management and general $20,000

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,048 · program services $14,334 · management and general $20,906 · fundraising $2,808

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,393 · program services $15,791 · management and general $3,602

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $43,141 · program services $37,155 · management and general $5,131 · fundraising $855

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,992 · program services $51,526 · management and general $466

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,403 · program services $7,339 · management and general $1,421 · fundraising $643

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $963 · management and general $963

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $86,812 · end of year $284,207

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $740,844 · end of year $204,593

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $75,770 · end of year $48,095

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $54,943 · end of year $32,242

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

    $28,210

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

    $17,240

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $20,374 · end of year $10,970

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $91,834 · end of year $101,908

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $113,973 · end of year $168,826

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,613 · end of year $25,265

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $452,948 · end of year $132,500

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $11,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $638,292 · end of year $587,076

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $54,697 · end of year $95,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OTO SUPPORT AUTISM RESEARCH BY PROVIDING FUNDING AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SCIENTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING, FACILITATING, PUBLICIZING, AND DISSEMINATING AUTISM RESEARCH. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION ABOUT AUTISM TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND SERVES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT AUTISM RESEARCH AND PROVIDE FUNDING TO SCIENTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONDUCTING AUTISM RESEARCH; EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER AND ABOUT ADVANCES IN AUTISM RESEARCH; SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY THE DISORDER.

  • IN 2023, ASF FUNDED 9 PRE- AND POST-DOCOTRAL GRANTS AND 5 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS. . DEVELOPED NOVEL "PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH" WEBSITE TO MATCH FAMILIES WITH STUDIES RECRUITING PARTCIPANTS.OVER 100 STUDIES SIGNED UP IN THE FIRST MONTH. UPGRADED OUR WEBSITE TO BETTER FOCUS ON THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT AUTISM STAKEHOLDER GROUPS. LAUNCHED ASF CANADA AND OPENED UP AN OFFICE IN TORONTO. COLLECTED DONATIONS AND TOYS FOR DISPLACED UKRANIAN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM. FUNDED FIRST ROUND OF SUZANNE WRIGHT ACCLERATOR GRANTS TO INCREASE THE PACE OF RESEARCH. DRAMATICALLY INCREASED FUNDING FOR THE BABY SIBLINGS RESEARCH CONSORTIUM. BECAME A GLOBAL LEADER IN "PROFOUND AUTISM" ADVOCACY AND FUNDED THE FIRST EVER GRANTS FOCUSED ON PROFOUND AUTISM.

    Expenses $1,044,964 · Grants $301,347

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Alison Singer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Paul Offit

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jonah Zimiles

    TRESURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Scott Badesch

    CHAIR OF BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bryan Harkins

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Lewis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joseph Joyce

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alycia Halladay

    CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $211,937
    From this org
    $204,770
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,167
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,770
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,167
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $211,937

  • Casey Gold-Casey

    DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $117,370
    From this org
    $108,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,370
    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

None.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • AUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION - CANADA

    SUPPORT AUTISM RESEARCH · CA · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by AUTISM SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349314959

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