2026 Flutie 5K for Autism: Providence, RI

The Flutie 5K for Autism started in 1999 as a small, local road race fundraiser in Natick, MA to support the Flutie Foundation’s fundraising initiatives. Now, 27 years later, the 5K stays true to its roots each year with a 2,000 person race in Natick where it began, but it’s reach and impact have expanded far beyond.

With satellite races occurring in eleven states across the US, a year-round virtual participation option (Flutie 5K Your Way), and one race in Europe in 2022, the 5K now supports local autism communities far beyond Natick, hosting local autism support organizations as charitable partners, reinvesting 100% of funds raised by those organizations directly back into their programs and the community wherever any given 5K race is held.