Autism Mclean

What it reported doing in 2025

Autism mclean has approximately 250 members, we serve all of mclean county with our financial assistance limited to a 60-mile radius of towanda, Illinois. In 2024 we continued to provide stipends, grants and scholarships to members, agencies, individuals with autism and schools. We distributed 2 ipads to children with communication needs, 1 recreational grant to a family, and 4 post-secondary awards.we develop and help distribute information that is relevant to families and individuals who live with autism. We have an email distribution list of approximately 500 people. Many times, Illinois state university and other universities will contact us to recruit participants in studies. We will distribute information and materials for events for several organizations who provide support to families in the community.we responded to approximately 300 requests through our website and facebook pages. We have 2,000 followers on our autism mclean facebook and 1,000 on autism friendly communities facebook. Our facebook pages provide a means to publicly announce activities and events, along with connecting families to provide direct support to each other.we also connect to our members through our email list for upcoming activities and events in the community.resource bookour "little book of autism resources" is produced both electronically and in paper form. We completed the update of the resources at the end of 2024.autism friendly community (afc)we have established ourselves to be the go-to for autism resources in the community. Through our autism friendly community initiative, we partner with lifelong access, heal foundation, physicians, and community members to provide awareness and outreach to the community. We once again partnered with the mclean county history museum to host a community celebration. The event included several other local organizations who serve individuals with disabilities. This event helped us reach the larger community, providing information and resources in an open and friendly atmosphere.sensory bagswe continue to distribute sensory bags the sensory bags help individuals with sensory issues to attend activities in the community these are provided to and kept at a number of local businesses. In 2024 we placed approximately 100 bags into the community. We have partnered with cpr 4 emi cpr 4 emi provides training relevant to autism to first responders and school resource officers, they then distribute sensory bags to have on hand in ambulances, in police vehicles, and in schools.conference - aprilwe co-hosted an autism conference with autism professional learning & universal supports at isu. The conference was held at isu bone student center and live streamed. We invited several local community providers to join us by hosting information tables. We had approximately 150 attendees and 37 organizations hosted information tables.awarenessbirdhouse project we hung nearly 250 birdhouses on our constitution walking trail to bring awareness to autism with the houses representing that every individual with autism is different, much like the birdhouses after they have been decorated. We hosted 3 different paint days in collaboration with the Illinois art station. We also hosted an online birdhouse auction to raise funds to continue the project, raising approximately $1,500.family activitiesthis past year we organized several family focused community activities. The events included a night at the zoo, mini golf, swim nights, sensory friendly movies, grady's family fun center, a bowling league, and a holiday party. These events are all private, allowing families to have a comfortable environment to bring the children who have autism. We have found that the more an individual with autism can experience controlled activities in the community, the more successful the family is when they attempt them alone. We also partnered with eastview christian church for "a night to shine; special needs prom".social groupsa social group for

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 78.7%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 62.4%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -26.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings