Down Syndrome Awareness Group of East Tennessee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582010046
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Knoxville, TN, USA
Phone
8652028867
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,169
Expenses
$121,458
Assets
$224,261
Liabilities
$1,926

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH BURGESS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANGIE HOLBERT (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • ELIZABETH BURGESS (PRESIDENT)
  • PATTI QUINTON (VICE PRESIDE)

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

Provide support, education and information to indivuals with down syndrome and their families

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide individuals with down syndrome the opportunity to attend a program of their choice that will enrich their lives - examples are week-long camps, dance classes, swim classes, camp to learn to ride bicycles, horseback riding, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 54% for direct work, and 46% for member benefits.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.6%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 78.3%; rating input score 78

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: 12.7%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.6% of revenue deployed · 78.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.