NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC (EIN 20-0032380)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-14
IRS object ID: 201203199349302765
Schema version: 2011v1.2
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Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule L
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-14T10:20:45-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ELLIOTT ROBINSON AND COMPANY LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1736 EAST SUNSHINE SUITE 913	AddressLine1
City	SPRINGFIELD	City
State	MO	State
ZIP Code	65804	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	200032380	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION INC	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NATI	NameControl
Phone	5083163047	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 ALICE AGNEW DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	ATTLEBORO FALLS	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02763	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	WENDY FOURNIER	Name
Title	PRESIDENT	Title
Phone	5083163047	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-15	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	THOMAS J EVERETT	Name
Phone	4178870585	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-11-14	DatePrepared

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	WENDY FOURNIER	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 ALICE AGNEW DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	ATTLEBORO FALLS	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02763	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	520791	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.NATIONALAUTISMASSOCIATION.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	2003	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	FL	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION IS TO RESPOND TO THE MOST URGENT NEEDS OF THE AUTISM COMMUNITY, PROVIDING REAL HELP AND HOPE SO THAT ALL AFFECTED CAN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	14	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	14	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	6	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	100	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	293645	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	281418	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	165477	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	155900	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	-569	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	31	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	72031	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	41604	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	530584	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	478953	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	68689	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	75478	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	121572	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	112201	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	14342	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	271872	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	272046	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	462133	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	459725	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	68451	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	19228	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	147868	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	167310	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	18260	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	18794	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	129608	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	148516	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Mission Description	THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL AUTISM ASSOCIATION IS TO RESPOND TO THE MOST URGENT NEEDS OF THE AUTISM COMMUNITY, PROVIDING REAL HELP AND HOPE SO THAT ALL AFFECTED CAN REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	299127	Expense
Grants	8107	Grants
Description	THE ORGANIZATION BUILT A SOLID FOUNDATION TO CONTINUE WITH OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING EXTENSIVE RESOURCES THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, BROCHURES, PRESS RELEASES, AND AWARENESS MERCHANDISE. WE ALSO OFFERED SUPPORT THROUGH OUR TOLL-FREE LINE AND STAYED ABREAST OF THE LATEST IN TREATMENTS AND RESEARCH.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	67371	Expense
Grants	67371	Grants
Description	TO CONTINUE OUR CRISIS FUND AND HELPING HAND FUND TO THOSE AFFECTED BY AUTISM WHICH INCLUDED FUNDS FOR TRAGEDIES INCLUDING OUT OF WORK, NATURAL DISASTERS, DEATH IN FAMILY, HOSPITALIZATION, ETC. ALSO, THE BIG RED SAFETY BOX IS A FREE OF CHARGE TOOLKIT GIVEN TO AUTISM FAMILIES IN NEED AS A MEANS TO EDUCATE, RAISE AWARENESS AND SHARE SIMPLE TOOLS THAT MAY ASSIST THOSE AFFECTED WITH AUTISM IN PREVENTING, AND RESPONDING TO, WANDERING-RELATED EMERGENCIES.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Expense	366498	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	true	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	true	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	4	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Number Of Employees	6	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	14	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	14	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	true	LocalChapters
Policies Reference Chapters	false	PoliciesReferenceChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	false	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	false	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	false	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
Own Website	X	OwnWebsite
Other Website	X	OtherWebsite
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	CHERYL GAUDINO	NamePerson
Telephone Number	8776222884	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	20 ALICE AGNEW DRIVE	AddressLine1
City	ATTLEBORO FALLS	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02763	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (15 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	OfficerOfficer	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation
WENDY FOURNIER
PRESIDENT	40.00	X	X	37063	0	0
RITA SHREFFLER
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00	X	X	25000	0	0
LORI MCILWAIN
EXECUTIVE DI	40.00	X	X	0	0	0
KATIE WRIGHT-HILDEBRAND
VICE PRESIDE	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
RITA SHREFFLER
SECRETARY	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
JOANNE QUINN
TREASURER	10.00	X	X	0	0	0
KELLY VANICEK
BOARD CHAIR	15.00	X		0	0	0
CLAIRE BOTHWELL
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
ANN BRASHER
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
DEIRDRE IMUS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
JAMES MOODY
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
ADRIENNE ROUSSEAU
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
LESLIE PHILLIPS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
HARRY TEMBENIS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0
ROSEMARIE DUBROWSKY
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	X		0	0	0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	62063	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Federated Campaigns	34147	FederatedCampaigns
Membership Dues	8515	MembershipDues
Fundraising Events	1059	FundraisingEvents
Related Organizations	13931	RelatedOrganizations
All Other Contributions	223766	AllOtherContributions
Noncash Contributions	2362	NoncashContributions
Total Contributions	281418	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	NAC CONFERENCE	Description
Total Revenue Column	155900	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	155900	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	155900	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	31	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$31	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	52502	GrossSalesOfInventory
Cost Of Goods Sold	41838	CostOfGoodsSold

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLoss

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	10664	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	10664	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
ADVERTISING REVENUE	28650	28650
MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE	2290	2290

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	30940	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	478953	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	197504	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$31	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8107	Total
Program Services	8107	ProgramServices

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividuals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	67371	Total
Program Services	67371	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	62062	Total
Program Services	53356	ProgramServices
Management And General	8706	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	38536	Total
Program Services	22844	ProgramServices
Management And General	10134	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	5558	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	11603	Total
Program Services	8789	ProgramServices
Management And General	2173	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	641	Fundraising

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1000	Total
Program Services	1000	ProgramServices

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23517	Total
Management And General	23517	ManagementAndGeneral

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8550	Total
Management And General	8550	ManagementAndGeneral

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	3334	Total
Program Services	2667	ProgramServices
Management And General	500	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	167	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	132039	Total
Program Services	132039	ProgramServices

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	1127	Total
Management And General	1127	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	FundraisingFundraising
MARKETING	33332	33332
ADVERTISING	16088	16088
PAYROLL ASSIGN TO GRANTS	12360	12360
FUNDRAISING FEES	7572		7572

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	33127	Total
Program Services	8545	ProgramServices
Management And General	24178	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	404	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	459725	Total
Program Services	366498	ProgramServices
Management And General	78885	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	14342	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	112390	BOY
EOY	140252	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1591	BOY
EOY	2002	EOY

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUse

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	25450	BOY
EOY	16590	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4575	BOY
EOY	6702	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	9808	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	8044	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3212	BOY
EOY	1764	EOY

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotal

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	650	BOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	147868	BOY
EOY	167310	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18260	BOY
EOY	18794	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	18260	BOY
EOY	18794	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	119495	BOY
EOY	114085	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10113	BOY
EOY	34431	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	129608	BOY
EOY	148516	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	147868	BOY
EOY	167310	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	19228	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-320	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	168463	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	17640	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	293086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	293645	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	281418	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1054252	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	168463	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	17640	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	293086	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	293645	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	281418	CurrentTaxYear
Total	1054252	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	523869	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	530383	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	58	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	580	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	55	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year	31	CurrentTaxYear
Total	724	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	1054976	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	1136713	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.50270	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed
Volunteers	true	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	true	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Grants Other Organizations	$1,000	GrantsOtherOrganizationsAmount
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Total Lobbying Expenditures IIB	1000	TotalLobbyingExpendituresIIB
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Form990 Schedule C Part IV Form990ScheduleCPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Reference	SCHEDULE C, PART II-B, LINE 1	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION PARTICIPATES IN GRASSROOTS LOBBYING BY PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC REGARDING CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS, STUDYS, AND FINDING RELATED TO AUTISM AND AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS.	Explanation

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	9808	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	8044	Depreciation
Book Value	1764	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	1764	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings
Total Revenue	478953	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	459725	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	19228	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Other	-$320	OtherAmount
Total Adjustments	-320	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	18908	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	478953	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Revenue Subtotal	478953	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	478953	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	460045	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Other Expenses Included	320	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	320	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	459725	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	459725	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (2 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 8	BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE -320
EXPENSE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XIII, LINE 2D	BOOK / TAX DEPRECIATION DIFFERENCE 320

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	false	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	169 HOLLAND ST	AddressLine1
City	SOMERVILLE	City
State	MA	State
ZIP Code	02144	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amount Of Cash Grant	7500	AmountOfCashGrant

Form990 Schedule I Part III Form990ScheduleIPartIII (3 entries)

Type Of GrantTypeOfGrant	Number Of RecipientsNumberOfRecipients	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant
BIG RED SAFETY BOX	2000	51341
HELPING HANDS	13	15030
LIZ BIRT HOLIDAY FUND	1	1000

Schedule L IRS990ScheduleL

Form990 Schedule L Part IV Form990ScheduleLPartIV

Name Of Interested Person NameOfInterestedPerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	BLUU ADVERTISING INC	NamePerson

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Relationship	MARKETING	Relationship
Amount Of Transaction	33332	AmountOfTransaction
Description Of Transaction	MONTHLY MARKETING	DescriptionOfTransaction
Sharing Of Revenues	false	SharingOfRevenues

Form990 Schedule L Part V Form990ScheduleLPartV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE L PART V	ReturnReference
Explanation	THE ORGANIZATION HAS A MONTHLY MARKETING SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH SPOUSE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (5 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING CHAPTERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 10B	YES
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE IRS FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT, BOARD CHAIR, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	EACH BOARD MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ALL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT'S SALARY IS VOTED AND APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.