Post by healthy11 on Jun 14, 2014 21:16:27 GMT -5
news.yahoo.com/autism-speaks-listen-094500833--politics.html
The article is eye-opening. Among other things, it says, "Compared to other autism nonprofits, Autism Speaks spends a smaller percentage of its revenue on programming. A comparison of 2012 income tax forms found through the Urban Institute shows 70.9 percent of Autism Speaks’ revenue is devoted to program expenses, in comparison to 79.8 percent of the Autistics Self-Advocacy Network’s and 91.5 percent of the Autism Science Foundation’s. Autism Speaks declined to comment on its financial matters.
...(Their huge amount of) money spent on “current officers, directors, trustees, and other key employees” is striking....But it’s more than a matter of spending—or lack thereof—on programs. It’s which programs and research Autism Speaks is choosing to fund...Autism Speaks currently funds research projects outside of the root causes of autism...
The article is eye-opening. Among other things, it says, "Compared to other autism nonprofits, Autism Speaks spends a smaller percentage of its revenue on programming. A comparison of 2012 income tax forms found through the Urban Institute shows 70.9 percent of Autism Speaks’ revenue is devoted to program expenses, in comparison to 79.8 percent of the Autistics Self-Advocacy Network’s and 91.5 percent of the Autism Science Foundation’s. Autism Speaks declined to comment on its financial matters.
...(Their huge amount of) money spent on “current officers, directors, trustees, and other key employees” is striking....But it’s more than a matter of spending—or lack thereof—on programs. It’s which programs and research Autism Speaks is choosing to fund...Autism Speaks currently funds research projects outside of the root causes of autism...