Colorado · Public charity
Global Down Syndrome Foundation
To significantly improve the lives of people with down syndrome through research, medical care, education and advocacy. An important part of this mission is to support the global affiliate organizations that we helped establish and continue to fundraise for. Global and our affiliates work together to elongate life and dramatically…
- $789k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $729k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $214,464
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Global Down Syndrome Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $729k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $545k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $500k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $72k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $511k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $511k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $579k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $685k | 72% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado Foundation | $4,385,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation | $27,815 | 3 | 0% |
| Central Florida Down Syndrome Assoc Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Down Syndrome Association of Delaware Inc | $17,800 | 2 | 7% |
| Down Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio | $17,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Down Syndrome Association of Greater St Louis | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Helen Smith Scholarship Fund Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Gracesigns | $12,000 | 2 | 75% |
Show all 51 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($214k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Global Down Syndrome Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 39 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Tony R Wells Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Ge Aerospace Foundation · McKesson Foundation Inc · Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Enterprise Holdings Foundation · Network for Good · Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Arthur J Gallagher Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Global Down Syndrome Foundation
- How much does Global Down Syndrome Foundation give?
- Global Down Syndrome Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $729,464, out of $789,464 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Global Down Syndrome Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (88%), Health (6%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Global Down Syndrome Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Colorado Foundation ($4.4M), Children's Hospital Colorado Foundation ($28k), Central Florida Down Syndrome Assoc Inc ($20k).
- Does Global Down Syndrome Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Global Down Syndrome Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Tony R Wells Foundation, Baird Foundation Inc, Ge Aerospace Foundation.
- Where is Global Down Syndrome Foundation based?
- Global Down Syndrome Foundation is based in CO.
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