Form 990-EZ for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$180,666

Total expenses

$163,222

Contributions and grants received

$175,689

Grants paid

— not reported

Program service revenue

— not reported

Membership dues (line 3)

— not reported

Investment income (line 4)

$453

Gain or loss on sale of assets (line 5c)

— not reported

Gaming and fundraising events, net (line 6d)

$4,524

Gross profit on inventory sales (line 7c)

— not reported

Other revenue (line 8)

— not reported

Total assets, end of year

$361,045

Total liabilities, end of year

$2,916

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$358,129

Program service expenses (Part III)

$119,799

Program services were 73.4% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

Mission and programs · 2024

• DSANI WAS PROUD TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMS TO OVER 250 FAMILIES DURING 2024. OVERALL PROGRAM ATTENDANCE WAS ON AN UPSWING AGAIN. INFANT-TODDLER PLAYGROUP - THE PLAYGROUP CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFANT AND YOUNGSTERS (AGES 0-4) TO PLAY AND SOCIALIZE WHILE THEIR PARENTS AND SIBLINGS FIND SUPPORT IN A FUN AND ENVIRONMENT. THIS GROUP DID BEGIN MEETING IN-PERSON AGAIN IN 2024. FAMILIES WHO HAVE MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN ARE STILL HESITANT TO ATTEND GROUP OUTINGS. THIS GROUP WAS NOT AS ACTIVE IN 2024, AS THERE WAS NO VOLUNTEER CHAIR. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE - 30 PEOPLE PER EVENT. BUDDY CLUB - THIS GROUP OFFERS SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AGES 5-12, TYPICALLY MEETING EVERY TWO TO THREE MONTHS. CURRENT AVERAGE ATTENDANCE IS 32 PEOPLE. THIS GROUP DID NOT MEET IN 2024, DUE TO LACK OF A VOLUNTEER CHAIR. FRIENDSHIP CLUB - AIMED AT TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 13 TO 21, THIS GROUP INCLUDES TEENS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND OTHER LEARNING DISABILITIES, AS YOUTHS WITH DS DEVELOP FRIENDSHIPS IN SCHOOL AND IN THE COMMUNITY. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR EVENTS: 20 (AT EACH OF FOUR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR). ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: BOWLING, LASERTAG, SWIMMING. SELF-ADVOCATES - INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME WHO ARE 21 AND OLDER. TOTAL ATTENDANCE FOR SOCIAL EVENTS - 108 (5 EVENTS IN 2023). ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: SPONSORING AN EASTER EGG HUNT FOR YOUNGER FRIENDS WITH DOWN SYNDROME, PIZZA & MOVIE NIGHT, BOWLING, ETC. DADS GROUP - DADS APPRECIATING DOWN SYNDROME. THIS GROUP PROVIDES SPECIAL EVENTS TO BRING TOGETHER DADS IN SUPPORT OF EACH OTHER AND TO BUILD STRONG FAMILIES. AVERAGE ATTENDANCE - 5 AT EACH OF SIX GATHERINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: DINNER/FELLOWSHIP AT SIX DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS. THE DADS GROUP ALSO HOSTS AN ANNUAL GOLF OUTING. IN 2024, THE OUTING HOSTED 122 GOLFERS AND UTILIIZED OVER 24 VOLUNTEERS. MOMS GROUP - THIS GROUP WAS FORMED TO PROVIDE DSANI MOTHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH OTHER MOTHERS, LISTEN TO GUEST SPEAKERS AND ENJOY TIME WITH OTHER MOMS. ATTENDANCE DURING FIVE 2024 DINNERS - 67. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: DINNER MEETINGS - THE MOMS GROUP MET FIVE TIMES IN 2024, AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS. OUTREACH - THE OUTREACH COMMITTEE IS UNDOUBTEDLY OUR MOST IMPORTANT, AS THIS IS THE COMMITTEE WHO WELCOMES FAMILIES NEW TO THE WORLD OF DOWN SYNDROME, INTO OUR ORGANIZATION. IN 2024, WE CONTINUED MEETING WITH NEW FAMILIES IN OUR 11 COUNTY SERVICE AREA. THIS WAS DONE TO INTRODUCE DSANI TO THEM, PROVIDE INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. IN 2024, WE WELCOMED 11 NEW FAMILIES TO DSANI. PROGRAM EVENTS - IN ADDITION TO THE SPECIAL-INTEREST OR AGE-SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES THAT DSANI TYPICALLY SPONSORS IN ANY GIVEN YEAR, 2024 SAW DSANI HOSTING A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, NEW AND OLD. WE HELD A NUMBER OF ZOOM AND IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS THROUGH THE YEAR. VARIOUS SPEAKERS PRESENTED TOPICS PERTINENT TO THE DOWN SYNDROME COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HOSTED TWO IN PERSON WORKSHOPS, BRINGING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED DOWN SYNDROME SPECIALISTS TO FORT WAYNE. A TOTAL OF 124 PEOPLE ATTENDED THESE SESSIONS. WE OFFERED "IN THIS HOUSE WE CELEBRATE DOWN SYNDROME" YARD SIGNS IN MARCH 2024. OVER 100 PEOPLE REQUESTED THESE SIGNS. WE HOSTED A 3-21 (WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY) CELEBRATION IN 2024. A TOTAL OF 235 PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. WE HOSTED AN EASTER EGG HUNT FOR OUR FAMILIES. 37 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. DSANI HOSTED A PONY RIDE EVENT FOR OUR FAMILIES. A TOTAL OF 43 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. WE HELD THE ANNUAL DSANI TINCAPS EVENT IN JULY, AS THIS WAS A TOTALLY OUTDOOR EVENT. THERE WERE 112 PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED. OUR ANNUAL BUDDY WALK, OUR BIGGEST FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR, WAS ABLE TO BE HELD IN-PERSON, IN EARLY SEPTEMBER. A TOTAL OF OVER 3,000 PEOPLE ATTENDED THIS FANTASTIC CELEBRATION. WE SAW NEAR RECORD DONATIONS AND RECORD ATTENDANCE AT THIS EVENT, HELD ANNUALLY AT PARKVIEW FIELD. IN OCTOBER 2024, WE HOSTED OUR FAMILIES AT OUR ANNUAL FALL FEST EVENT. A TOTAL OF 139 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THIS EVENT. IN OCTOBER 2024, AS PART OF DOWN SYNDROME AWARENESS MONTH, WE OFFERED FAMILIES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPOTLIGHT THEIR LOVED ONE IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST. 37 FAMILIES TOOK PART IN THIS OFFERING. WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY IN EARLY DECEMBER. JUST OVER 250 PEOPLE ATTENDED THIS VERY POPULAR EVENT. ONLY PRE-PACKAGED SNACK FOOD WAS SERVED, VISITS WITH SANTA ENJOYED AND GAMES AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES WERE ENJOYED BY CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE. ALONG WITH OUR MANY GROUPS AND PROGRAMS, DSANI ALSO PROVIDES: -LIBRARY RESOURCES -INFORMATIONAL EMAILS TO MEMBERS -OUTREACH & EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS & COMMUNITY GROUPS -RESOURCE REFERRALS TO FAMILIES WHO REQUEST SUCH -WEBSITE -A TREMENDOUS SUPPORT/MENTOR NETWORK FOR PARENTS WE ALSO CONTINUED NURTURING RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, PROFESSIONAL GROUPS, ETC. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. OUR DSANI FAMILY CONTINUES TO GROW, AS DO OUR OFFERINGS TO OUR FAMILIES.

  Expenses $119,799

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part IV

Compensation is as filed in Part IV of the Form 990-EZ: compensation, contributions to benefit plans, expense account, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990_ez

Tax year

2024

Filed

21 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.0

Source object

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