Eden Autism Services

Legal name: Eden Autism Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222069597
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Princeton, NJ, US
Phone
609-987-0099
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,081,357
Expenses
$48,939,531
Assets
$45,673,660
Liabilities
$14,632,996

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL DECKER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL DECKER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $522,239 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER BIZUB (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $240,261 total reported compensation
  • RACHEL TAIT (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $213,349 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Eden Autism provides a lifetime of support—from the point of diagnosis through the school years and into adulthood.

What it reported doing in 2024

The eden school: 2025 marked the 50th anniversary of eden autism's founding. Started by fourteen families whose children required significantly more than their school district was able to provide, the eden school was quickly recognized throughout the state for its expertise in supporting students with profound autism as characterized by complex cognitive, communication, and behavioral challenges. Today, the eden school provides 78 students from 36 school districts aged 3-21 with year-round educational services including speech and language, adaptive physical education, occupational and physical therapy, and an extended day program. Every student at eden has an individualized education program (iep), unique to his or her specific needs and abilities based on annual assessments. Our student-teacher ratio ranges from 1:1 to 3:1, based on student need. Classroom instruction is provided in the same student-teacher ratios, along with small groups to facilitate peer interaction. The acquisition of functional and employable skills as well as engagement in the community are at the core of the eden school's goals for every student when they graduate.in addition to being a New Jersey state-licensed private school for children with disabilities, the eden school is also accredited by the national commission for the accreditation of special education services (ncases), the country's leading accreditation program for private special education services and the national association of special education teachers (naset).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some related-organization disclosures are missing and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.3%; rating input score 95; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 84.1% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $44.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $522K · 32 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $696K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.