Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Children
Disabled Persons
Education
Family
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Technical Cooperation
Women
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Information and communication technologies
Men and boys
Policy advice
Research
Service provision
Women and health
Population:
Reproduction, family formation and the status of women
Public Administration:
Public Service and Management Innovation
Social Development:
Disabled persons
Information and Communications Technologies
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Statistics:
Demographic and social surveys
Disability Statistics
International Comparison Programme
Methodological publications in statistics
Services Statistics
Sustainable Development:
Biotechnology
Capacity-building
Demographics
Disaster management and vulnerability
Education
Health
Information for decision-making and participation
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Partnerships
Science
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Technology
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Philippines
Belgium
Panama
Israel
North Macedonia
Slovenia
Argentina
Lesotho
United States of America
Cameroon
Qatar
Mexico
Oman
Spain
Montenegro
Poland
South Africa
Sweden
Maldives
Bangladesh
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Netherlands
Denmark
Switzerland
India
Chile
Albania
Canada
Cyprus
Italy
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Croatia
Saudi Arabia
Greece
China
Germany
Japan
Ireland
Romania
Czechia
Hungary
Portugal
Norway
Saint Lucia
Republic of Korea
Finland
Brazil
Australia
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Serbia
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Achieve universal primary education
Improve maternal health
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2005 |
| Organizational structure: |
Autism Speaks Inc has a staff of 192 employees across the United States and Canada. The organization was founded by Bob and Suzanne Wright and they preside as Co-founders of the organization. Mark Roithmayr, President of Autism Speaks Inc, has seven executive staff members that report directly to him including:
Peter Bell - Executive Vice President, Programs & Services
Jennifer Bizub - National Director, Human Resources
Geri Dawson - Chief Science Officer
Tom Hetzel - Chief Financial Officer
Cathy Kanefsky - Vice President, Field & Chapter Development
Pat Kemp - Executive Vice President, Marketing, Corporate Relations, and Development
Dana Marnane - Vice President, Awareness & Events.
All other employees report to the aforementioned executive staff.
According to its by-laws, the purpose of Autism Speaks Inc is to aggressively fund global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism; to raise public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families and society; and to raise the funds necessary to support the foregoing. |
| Number and type of members: |
Autism Speaks Inc has no members. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Autism Speaks Inc has been an affiliated NGO with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) since 2008. |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
Autism Speaks Inc obtains financial support from the general public via walks, special/community events, general contributions and government grants. 63% of our funding is from Individuals; 32% from Corporations/Foundations & 5% from Government Contracts. |
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