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DESIGNER GENES OF NORTH DAKOTA INC

EIN 27-0313239 BISMARCK, ND

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Revenue 2025
$163,773
Expenses 2025
$157,226

Program services were 32.2% of total expenses calculated — Part III's total program service expenses over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P82
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 515

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

Primary exempt purpose

Designer Genes of North Dakota exists to strengthen opportunities for individuals with Down syndrome and those who support them to earn, learn, and belong.

  • Membership Community Events - We hosted several community-building events, including:a. The Annual Walk for Down Syndrome, to celebrate the Down syndrome community and raise awareness.b. Seasonal family gatherings like the Annual Picnic, Supper with Santa, and awareness-themed events for World Down Syndrome Day.c. iCan Bike Camp.d. The Bikers 4 Bikers fundraiser, helping raise awareness fnd funding to sustain programs. e. Regional meetups and member connection events throughout the year.f. A key hightlight was the introduction of statewide meetups, a new program service designed to increase connection and accessibilty for families across North Dakota. These meetups created opportunities for individuals and families to build relationships, share experiences, and strengthen local support networks.

    Expenses $48,012

  • Member Support - Provided individualized support and navigation to over 250 families across North Dakota. This included guidance on accessing Early Intervention, IEP support, transition services, Medicaid, SSI, and other systems of care. Support was offered through in-person meetings, phone consultations, resource navigation, and referrals. Designer Genes supported all known new diagnoses of Down syndrome across the state with welcome packages, connection to local support networks, and one-on-one family mentoring.We facilitated ongoing community-based life skills and connection programming for individuals ages 18 years and older with Down syndrome and developmental disabilities. GROW focuses on healthy relationships, social engagement, self-advocacy, and belonging.

    Expenses $2,628

  • Public Awareness - Engaged in year-round advocacy at the local, state, and national level. Designer Genes also shared educational campaigns during Down Syndrome Awareness Month.Education and Resource Development - We offered presentations and training for educators, caregivers, and professionals. We supported mock interviews and membership meet-up to support families and individuals navigating life.Designer Genes created and distributed educational materials, including fact sheets on disability systems, Down syndrome awareness and various state conferences throughout the year as well as with program managers.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Kendra Vander Wal

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $72,187
    Compensation
    $72,187
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sandy McMerty

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    1.25
  • Andrea Stewart

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Karissa Kautzman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Rachel Burr

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Heather Lundeen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.75
  • Mika Stokkeland

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michelle Regan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rachel Keegan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Compensation
    $0
    Benefit plans
    not reported
    Expense account
    not reported
    Hours/week
    0.75

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $163,773
    Expenses
    $157,226
    Contributions
    $159,191
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $127,784
    Expenses
    $130,067
    Contributions
    $124,975
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $152,335
    Expenses
    $126,700
    Contributions
    $152,302
    Grants paid
    not reported
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $132,544
    Expenses
    $121,420
    Contributions
    $132,531
    Grants paid
    not reported

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $130,303
    Expenses
    $101,382
    Assets (EOY)
    $131,211
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $93,735
    Expenses
    $81,206
    Assets (EOY)
    $102,290
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $125,589
    Expenses
    $92,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $89,761
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $97,107
    Expenses
    $95,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $56,539
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $79,361
    Expenses
    $109,547
    Assets (EOY)
    $54,826
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $93,901
    Expenses
    $87,128
    Assets (EOY)
    $85,012
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $79,688
    Expenses
    $79,394
    Assets (EOY)
    $78,239
  • 2014 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $66,921
    Expenses
    $58,882
    Assets (EOY)
    $77,945

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2013

Tax period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013
Principal officer
Roxane Romanick
Mailing address
830 Longhorn DrBismarck ND 58503

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.