Down Syndrome Rocks
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 842131839
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Villa Park, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7143233331
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Independent Housing for People with Disabilities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,149
- Expenses
- $7,545
- Assets
- $21,082
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIE ETTER (PRESIDENT/CE)
People named in this filing
- JULIE ETTER (PRESIDENT/CE)
- LISA FRASER (TREASURER/CF)
- ELSA BEHNY (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
Down syndrome rocks, based in California, is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to helping individuals with down syndrome live fulfilling and independent lives. Our long-term goal is to develop sustainable solutions through the creation of community living options, integrated work opportunities, lifelong education, and personal social peer networks, tailored to support the individual and their families.
What it reported doing in 2024
Rasie money to assist down syndrome individuals and families to lead an independent life.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.7%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 63.2%; rating input score 63
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.79; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 45.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.7% of revenue deployed · 63.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.