Designer Genes of North Dakota Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270313239
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Bismarck, ND, USA
Phone
7012587421
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,773
Expenses
$157,226
Assets
$174,682
Liabilities
$2,448

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Sandy McMerty (President)
  • Andrea Stewart (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Kendra Vander Wal (Executive Dir.)
  • Sandy McMerty (President)
  • Andrea Stewart (Vice President)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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

What it reported doing in 2025

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.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 program spending has grown recently. 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: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.9%; rating input score 31
  • Program expense ratio: 32.2%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45.9%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.9% of revenue deployed · 32.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.