Austens Autistic Adventures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814851684
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Lewisville, TX, USA
Phone
2144057563
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Autism

Reported finances

Revenue
$91,730
Expenses
$88,502
Assets
$1,700
Liabilities
$144,125

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA CHRISTIAN (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMIE WHEELER (Director): $18,725 total reported compensation
  • LISA CHRISTIAN (Vice President): $10,060 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To serve adults with autism by providing job training in our retail space, daily gaterings or enrichment classes to foster acceptance of of autism, create connections, to maintain and improve social skills,

What it reported doing in 2024

Investmnent in Two full-time employees(one director and one assistant) whose duties include managing retail activities, planning daily activ- ities, interviewing new participants, coordinating volunteers, pro-

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 5
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.8%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 27.8%; rating input score 28
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 84.78; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.8% of revenue deployed · 27.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $19K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.