Black Down Syndrome Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 884020841
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Desoto, TX, USA
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $119,815
- Expenses
- $34,801
- Assets
- $139,423
- Liabilities
- $29
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kelli Caughman (CoFounder President)
- Crystal Lotterberry (CoFounder Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Kelli Caughman (CoFounder President)
- Crystal Lotterberry (CoFounder Vice President)
- Nakoa Dantzler-Merritt (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Black Down Syndrome Association fundraises to support individuals with Down Syndrome by organizing educational programs collaborating with partners to enhance public awareness and providing grants for conference attendance to strengthen community ties and support.
What it reported doing in 2024
BDSA welcomed 198 families to our private online support group increasing our total membership to over 1300 families served through that group. Several educational webinars were held during the fiscal year which gave families opportunities to engage with experts and other families who share similar lived experiences
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 27
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 87
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 14.3%; rating input score 14
- Program expense ratio: 49.2%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 71%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.01; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 14.3% of revenue deployed · 49.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 14/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.