Autism Speaks Reports Double-Digit Revenue Slide

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Autism Speaks took in $47.5 million in 2016, roughly $10.5 million — or 18 percent — less than the previous year.

At the same time, the group scaled back its spending on grants by some $1.8 million, shaved a similar amount from its payroll and chopped $10 million in other expenses.

The figures come from Autism Speaks’ tax filing for 2016, which was publicly disclosed this month in accordance with federal tax rules.

Aurelia Grayson, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit, attributed the slump to changes in funding for the group’s MSSNG research program — an effort to sequence the DNA of over 10,000 families affected by autism — and declines in fundraising from Autism Speaks Walks.

Autism Speaks said it has made changes designed to encourage renewed growth going forward, with the introduction of a new 10-year vision, a revamped mission statement and a three-year strategic plan

Excellent news, let's hope they go under
I know there are jobs on the line for some folks, I expect the same was true at the end of the Third Riech too.

I wonder if that means the boycott is working...

...or if turning over a new leaf with the demise of the Wrights has, in fact, reduced donations because, as sad as Autism$peak's shock-and-fear strategy is, human nature is just as sad in proving that IT WORKS.

Either way, it's hard for me to shed a bitter tear. My life was much easier before they spent tens of millions of dollars very publicly demonizing us for fun and profit.