Down Syndrome Association for Families

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043701318
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lincoln, NE, USA
Phone
4024211338
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Reported finances

Revenue
$97,163
Expenses
$121,311
Assets
$161,406
Liabilities
$935

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEAN FUELBERTH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRANDI BENSON (DIRECTOR)
  • RICK BOHATY (DIRECTOR)
  • DEXTER DRBAL (DIRECTOR)

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

Support for individuals with down syndrome

What it reported doing in 2024

Information, education, & public awareness programs to individuals with down syndrome, their families, friends, educators and professionals who share in their lives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. 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: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.4%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 38.1%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.4% of revenue deployed · 38.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.