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ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION

EIN 26-3520396 JUPITER, FL

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Revenue 2024
$11,395,665
Expenses 2024
$8,164,548

Program services were 85.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
G84
Classification
1000
Street
18370 LIMESTONE CREEK RD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ELS FOR AUTISM GLOBAL MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND THOSE WHO CARE FOR THEM THROUGH LIFETIME SERVICES AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS.

  • ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 BY LIEZL AND ERNIE ELS. THE ELS' SON, BEN, IS IMPACTED BY THE DISORDER WHICH AFFECTS 1 IN 31 CHILDREN IN THE U.S. THE WORLD-CLASS PRO GOLFER AND HIS WIFE HAVE DEVOTED THEIR EFFORTS TO A GAME-CHANGING, PHILANTHROPIC UNDERTAKING - THE ELS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE. THE CENTER IS A WORLD-CLASS, 26-ACRE CAMPUS THAT IS HOME TO TWO DISTINCT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION AND THE LEARNING ACADEMY, ATUITION-FREE, NONPROFIT, PALM BEACH COUNTY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL SERVING STUDENTS AGES 3-21. THE FOUNDATION OFFERS INNOVATIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN IN THREE PRIMARY IMPACT AREAS: ADULT SERVICES, RECREATION SERVICES AND EARLY INTERVENTION AND EDUCATION SERVICES. THE ELS FOR AUTISM FOUNDATION SERVES FAMILIES AROUND THE WORLD, OFFERING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES BOTH VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON AT THE ELS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN JUPITER, FLORIDA.

    Expenses $6,967,224 · Revenue $2,099,518

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Liezl Els

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Michael Alessandri

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marvin Shanken

    HONORARY CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pam Minelli

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Stuart Makin

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Giuseppe Ciucci

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ernie Els

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Patrick McMahon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Steve Peck

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Marlene Sotelo

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $265,524
    From this org
    $250,950
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,574
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,950
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,518
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,056
    Filer's total
    $265,524
  • Yvonne D'Amelio

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $192,530
    From this org
    $178,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,149
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,381
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,351
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,798
    Filer's total
    $192,530
  • Erin Brooker-Lozott

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $175,286
    From this org
    $156,818
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,468
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,818
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,704
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,764
    Filer's total
    $175,286
  • Robin Jones

    ASSOC. DIR. ADULT SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $125,244
    From this org
    $108,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,169
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $11,395,665
    Expenses
    $8,164,548
    Contributions
    $7,704,698
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $14,158,002
    Expenses
    $7,494,239
    Contributions
    $12,041,430
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,320,526
    Expenses
    $6,227,711
    Contributions
    $7,109,360
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,576,893
    Expenses
    $5,804,562
    Assets (EOY)
    $46,478,167
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,772,462
    Expenses
    $4,669,624
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,744,927
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,278,592
    Expenses
    $6,339,976
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,994,253
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,136,140
    Expenses
    $5,954,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,075,379
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,935,555
    Expenses
    $4,937,627
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,172,215
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,531,690
    Expenses
    $4,203,599
    Assets (EOY)
    $37,762,067
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,417,585
    Expenses
    $3,128,450
    Assets (EOY)
    $25,335,986
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,295,330
    Expenses
    $1,888,927
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,995,690
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,512,791
    Expenses
    $1,877,029
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,134,462
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,109,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,318,668

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.