The Autism Community In Action (Taca)
The Autism Community In Action (Taca)
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About this organization
Mission
The Autism Community in Action (TACA), formerly Talk About Curing Autism is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the mission to provide education, support and hope to families living with autism.
About
PARENT SUPPORT & EDUCATIONTACA PROVIDES EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND HOPE TO ALMOST 55,000 FAMILIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. OUR GOAL IS TO SPEED UP THE CYCLE TIME FROM AUTISM DIAGNOSIS TO EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, SO THAT EACH AFFECTED CHILD CAN REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL. TO ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION, WE UTILIZE A UNIQUE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL THAT PROVIDES FAMILIES ACROSS ALL SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOGRAPHICS WITH ACCESS TO LOW - AND NO-COST AUTISM EDUCATION AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS. TO ENSURE ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMS FOR ALL FAMILIES, TACA PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ANY FEE BASED PROGRAMS WE OFFER. TACA HAS 32 LOCAL CHAPTERS IN 27 STATES PROVIDING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM WITH EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. IN 2017, CHAPTERS HELD 36 FAMILY EVENTS WITH 6,307 ATTENDEES AND 551 MEETINGS, SEMINARS AND COFFEE TALKS, HELPING 5,353 ATTENDEES. TACA HOLDS AN ANNUAL 3 DAY NATIONAL CONFERENCE WHICH FEATURES EXPERT SPEAKERS FROM ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FOCUSING ON MEDICAL ISSUES, THERAPY, ADVOCACY AND OTHER AUTISM-RELATED TOPICS. WE ALSO HELD TWO 1-DAY EAST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCES IN GEORGIA AND PENNSYLVANIA.IN 2017, 1,670 PARENTS AND CARE-GIVERS ATTENDEED OUR 3 CONFERENCES TO RECEIVE INFORMATION TO HELP THEIR FAMILY MEMBER AFFECTED BY AUTISM. 616 PARENTS WERE MATCHED WITH EXPERIENCED, TRAINED AND SUPPORTED TACA PARENT MENTORS IN 2017. TACA PARENT MENTORS OFFER ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION ABOUT AUTISM-RELATED TOPICES. THE TACA PARENT SUPPORT TEAM AND VOLUNTEERS RESPONDED TO 45,657 SUPPORT CALLS AND EMAILS. OVER 84% OF THESE REQUESTS WERE ANSWERED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS. TACA HELD ITS 11TH ANNUAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WHERE OVER 65 CHAPTER COORDINATORS AND KEY VOLUNTEERS FROM 27 STATES RECEIVED TRAINING ON MISSION DELIVERY, PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND CHAPTER OPERATIONS. TACA KEEPS OUR EXPENSES FOR PARENT SUPPORT & EDUCATION LOW BECAUSE OF 953 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS THAT CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 24,764 HOURS TO HELPING FAMILIES LIVING WITH AUTISM.
Interesting data from their 2018 990 filing
The filing outlines the non-profit's goal as “Dedicated to educating, empowering, and supporting families affected by autism. for families who have just received the autism diagnosis, taca aims to speed up the cycle time from the autism diagnosis to effective treatments. taca helps to strengthen the autism community by connecting families and the professionals who can help them, allowing them to share stories and information to help improve the quality of life for people with autism.”.
When explaining its purpose, the activities were outlined as: “Dedicated to educating, empowering, and supporting families affected by autism.”.
- As per legal reporting requirements, the state of operation for the non-profit is CA.
- The non-profit's address for 2018 is listed as 2222 MARTIN ST NO 140, IRVINE, CA, 92612 in the filing.
- As per the non-profit's form, they have 18 employees as of 2018.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is $162,838.
- The organization has 6 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 2003.
- The organization pays $782,768 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $298,718 in fundraising expenses.
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