Louisiana · Nonprofit
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,086 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($15,602). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $174k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $36k
- Net assets
- $452k
What Down Syndrome Association of Acadiana does
Mission
To provide information, advocacy and support concerning all aspects of life for individuals with down syndrome, their families, and our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships & stipends created in order to help members receive scholarship to local college to help defray expenses. 6 scholarships of $1,000 each are offered to members currently enrolled in college education classes. Stipends are offered for medical, educational or recreation purposes to assist members in defraying costs incurred in each of these categories. There is a limit of $250 annually in each category.
$7,910 spentof which $7,910 as grants24% of program spendingEDUCATION NDSC (National Down Syndrome Congress) is a national organization that spearheads a National Convention annually. NDSC provides individuals, families,caregivers & healthcare providers support and information About Down Syndrome as well as advocating with or on behalf of individuals with Down Syndrome. DSAA pays all expenses for 1 of our families of 4, 2 Board Members and also our Self Advocate & 1 Family Member to attend annually. DSAIA (Down Syndrome Affiliates in Action) also hosts a national convention annually which is a leadership conference that offers access to resources and tools that help provide local, state or regional organizations to be a successful board. DSAA does not limit attendance to the conference which is open to all Board Members. In previous years DSAA has sent 2 to 3 Board Members annually all expenses paid.
$16,756 spent51% of program spendingNew parent education this program is designed to welcome new parents of children with down syndrom into our organization. We provide parents with binders of information as a tool to learn what we offer regarding health, education and professional references. English and spanish versions of the binder are available. When we are made aware of a down birth, our new parent coordinator will contact the hospital for information on the parents in order to present a binder, a gift basket and a 1 year free membership to join our organization.
$7,929 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,595.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $167k to $321k (+92%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
156% of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $100 → $8k.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 58% · 2022 84% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
87% of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $5k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Louisiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
22% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA?
- DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA (Louisiana) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,086 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($15,602). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $36,086 in grants to DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $15,602 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ACADIANA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing