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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE.

Totals

Total revenue
$720,269
Total expenses
$856,083
Contributions and grants received
$639,374
Grants paid
$975
Program service revenue
$37,266
Investment income
$2,461
Other revenue
$41,168
Total assets, end of year
$877,444
Total liabilities, end of year
$91,619
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$785,825
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$593,106
Management and general expenses
$142,077
Fundraising expenses
$120,900
Program service expenses (Part III)
$593,106

Program services were 69.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $266,962

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $117,500

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $254,912

  • 2a · Program service revenue: OTHER PROGRAMMING EVEN

    total $37,266 · related or exempt $37,266

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $161 · excluded $161

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $2,300

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $2,300

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,300 · excluded $2,300

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $95,001

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $266,962

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $57,834

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $37,167 · excluded $37,167

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $4,831

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $830

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $4,001 · related or exempt $4,001

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $975 · program services $975

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $97,842 · program services $68,489 · management and general $17,612 · fundraising $11,741

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $229,592 · program services $160,715 · management and general $41,326 · fundraising $27,551

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $30,497 · program services $21,348 · management and general $5,489 · fundraising $3,660

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,430 · program services $18,501 · management and general $4,757 · fundraising $3,172

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,910 · management and general $21,910

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $23,520 · fundraising $23,520

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $39,913 · management and general $14,383 · fundraising $25,530

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $86,715 · program services $83,769 · management and general $972 · fundraising $1,974

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,913 · program services $13,239 · management and general $3,404 · fundraising $2,270

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $20,479 · program services $14,335 · management and general $3,687 · fundraising $2,457

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $73,745 · program services $51,622 · management and general $13,274 · fundraising $8,849

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,607 · program services $3,925 · management and general $1,009 · fundraising $673

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $27,215 · program services $19,051 · management and general $4,898 · fundraising $3,266

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $37,453 · program services $26,217 · management and general $6,742 · fundraising $4,494

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,050 · program services $9,135 · management and general $2,349 · fundraising $1,566

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

    total $80,506 · program services $80,506

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTREACH PROGRAMS

    total $20,247 · program services $20,247

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,474 · program services $1,032 · management and general $265 · fundraising $177

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $56,603 · end of year $7,420

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $223,063 · end of year $128,418

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,610 · end of year $14,000

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $5,609 · end of year $5,609

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $50,046 · end of year $74,717

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $722,088

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $104,058

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $620,483 · end of year $618,030

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $72,046 · end of year $29,250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,089 · end of year $14,590

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $25,000 · end of year $46,427

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $74,732 · end of year $30,602

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $921,639 · end of year $785,825

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE SUPPORTS FAMILIES, PROMOTES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND ENCOURAGES A LIFETIME OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DOWN SYNDROME.

  • IN 2025, THE DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF DELAWARE (DSADE) SERVED 794 INDIVIDUALS WITH DOWN SYNDROME AND THEIR FAMILIES ACROSS DELAWARE AND SURROUNDING AREAS. WE HOSTED 76 EVENTS STATEWIDE, SUPPORTED BY OVER 600 VOLUNTEERS, AND ENGAGED 109 FAMILIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. OUR NEW PARENT OUTREACH EFFORTS CONNECTED WITH FAMILIES WELCOMING 38 BABIES WITH DOWN SYNDROME, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE EARLY CHALLENGES WITH GUIDANCE, RESOURCES, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT. THE ADOPT-A-FAMILY PROGRAM SUPPORTED 83 INDIVIDUALS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, AND WE AWARDED 44 SCHOLARSHIPS TO AREA FAMILIES. ROCK YOUR SOCKS AWARENESS INITIATIVES REACHED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE, UNITING 300 VOLUNTEERS AND PARTICIPANTS FROM OVER 140 SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS. OUR DAYS OF SUMMER CAMP SERVED 110 CAMPERS ACROSS DELAWARE, SUPPORTED BY NEARLY 100 DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS, WHILE OUR ICAN SWIM CAMP HELPED 20 INDIVIDUALS OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES ACHIEVE PERSONAL AQUATIC MILESTONES AND LEARN CRITICAL WATER SAFETY SKILLS. ADDITIONALLY, OUR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS PROVIDED 23 OPPORTUNITIES FOR OVER 299 TEENS AND ADULTS TO BUILD CONNECTIONS, FOSTERING LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

    Expenses $593,106 · Grants $975 · Revenue $41,267

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Ray

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Brett Emerick

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Paul Mitchell

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Marcus Alexander

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Matt Beck

    SELF-ADVOCATE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Nies

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Cindy Olsavsky

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mayra Santiago

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mike Honeysett

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nat Measley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nina Powell-Hamilton

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eileen Voltz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lauren Camp Gates

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $100,058
    From this org
    $100,058
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, 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. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
27 January 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202620349349300922

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