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Top 25 Special needs programs based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 2,060 special needs programs headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 64,473 professional contacts across them, including 17,978 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers special needs programs headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest special needs programs based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 1,283 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We believe in a world where people of all abilities belong and reach their full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 977 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Heritage Christian Services partners with thousands of people throughout Rochester and Buffalo to ensure everyone – including children and people with developmental disabilities –…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 667 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Founded in 1961 with a mission to foster growth and fulfillment for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities, Brightway Living & Learning has spent…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 658 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “QSAC is a New York City and Long Island based nonprofit that supports children and adults with autism, together with their families, in achieving greater independence, realizing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 582 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “MRCI is one of Minnesota's largest human service non-profit organizations creating opportunities for people with disabilities and disadvantages.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 575 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) supports individuals with disabilities and their families in living, learning and working within their communities by creating…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 507 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Springbrook offers educational, residential, therapeutic, habilitation, and community support options to over individuals with special needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “UCP of Central Florida is dedicated to providing children equal access to programs, services, and experiences that help them achieve their full potential.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 492 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1954, Opportunity Village has been dedicated to helping people with disabilities find the very best version of themselves.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 472 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Help Group is a Los Angeles–based nonprofit that has supported people across the lifespan for 85 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 453 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ACLD For an Enviable Life We provide opportunities through a wide variety of support and services Adults and Children with Learning & Developmental Disabilities (ACLD), founded in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 440 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Resource Center has been providing services to persons with disabilities in the Chautauqua County area since 1959.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 417 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Aspire of WNY, we are driven by the core belief that children and adults with developmental disabilities have the right to realize their full potential and live as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 417 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Arc of the Ozarks was formed and incorporated as a not-for-profit organization.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 389 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Since 1975, Birch Family Services has served over people with autism and developmental disabilities and their families throughout New York City.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 371 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Total Education Solutions (TES) provides innovative multidisciplinary education and therapeutic services in schools, homes, clinics, communities, and online to children and adults…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 351 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Anderson Center for Autism is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the highest quality programs for children and adults with autism and other developmental disabilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 339 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dr.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 334 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Life’s WORC is an approved New York State 501(c) 3 organization that supports individuals with developmental disabilities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 331 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “At Family of Kidz, we bring together highly qualified teams of professionals that work diligently to help individuals with special needs, from birth through adulthood.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 312 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1917, the Watson Institute is an educational organization specializing in educating children with disabilities through four schools in Western PA.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 309 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “New Story Schools provides specialized education for students ages 5 to 21 who need individualized academic and therapeutic support.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 308 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mary Cariola Center is the regional leader in personalized, interdisciplinary, evidenced-based education and life skill solutions that inspire and empower individuals and the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 308 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Emmaus Homes, a 501(c)3 non-profit and United Way agency, has been providing around-the-clock support services to adults with developmental disabilities since its founding in 1893.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 295 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Easterseals New Jersey has been enriching the lives of people with disabilities and special needs, and those who care about them, by providing opportunities to live, learn, work…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: special needs programs. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names special needs programs.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of special needs programs, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name special needs programs. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Special needs programs based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 2,060 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among special needs programs, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “special needs programs”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names special needs programs), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among special needs programs, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 17,978 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Special needs programs by metro
- Special needs programs in New York55
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names special needs programs, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many special needs programs are there based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 2,060 special needs programs headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Barber National Institute, headquartered in Erie, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most special needs programs?
New York leads with 55 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (22) and Houston (19).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 17,978 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,060 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.