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Abbreviation | ASF |
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Founded | March 24, 2009[1] |
Founders | Alison Tepper Singer, Karen Margulis London |
26-4522309[2] | |
Legal status | 501(c)(3) non-profit organization |
Headquarters | New York City[3] |
Coordinates | 40°44′55″N 73°59′23″W / 40.748496°N 73.9898322°W |
Scott Badesch[4] | |
Alison Singer[5] | |
Scientific Advisory Board Chair | James McPartland, PhD[6] |
Revenue (2016) | $1,231,922[2][7] |
Expenses (2016) | $1,270,604[2] |
Employees | 6[2] (in 2022) |
Volunteers (2016) | 50[2] |
Website | www |
The Autism Science Foundation (ASF) is a non-profit organization that funds evidence-based autism research and supports autism families.[8] The organization was founded in April 2009 by Alison Tepper Singer, a former senior executive of Autism Speaks and the longest-serving public member of the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC), and Karen Margulis London, co-founder of the National Alliance for Autism Research. Both Singer and London are parents of autistic children.