Florida · Nonprofit
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC (Florida) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $339,910 to it, the largest being The Gate Foundation Inc ($74,691). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $732k
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $340k
- Net assets
- $858k
What Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville Inc does
Mission
The organization is committed to helping people with down syndrome achieve their full potential and helping to create a community that is educated, supportive and inclusive of individuals with down syndrome.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The down syndrome association of jacksonville (dsaj) provides workshops, education conferences and community outreachto raise awareness. The employment program is a vocational rehad program with the state of florida that will provide employment oppertunities.
$81,472 spent$95,278 earned by the program21% of program spendingDsaj provides family support to increase public awareness about down syndrome by providing monthly social and educational opportunities for various age groups. The organization also provides funding to assist families with the expenses of traveling to various state and national educational conferences. Approximately, 105 families were served during the year 2024. Inclusion solutions programs provide therapy support for families through scholarships (up to 1,500.00 per family)
$185,490 spent48% of program spendingBasketball program: the dsaj basketball team meets weekly at hendricks avenue baptist church. We accommodate players ages 6 years and above. Our season begins in february and runs through august. Although this program is sponsored by dsaj, it is not limited to children with down syndrome: all children with varying disabilities are welcome to participate. Soccer program: the dsaj sponsors a soccer team that plays each saturday morning. The annual season typically starts the last saturday in october and runs through the end of february. The team is open to anyone with a developmental disability regardless of age. The players are grouped into teams based on age and soccer skills. Our purpose is to provide an environment in which everyone can participate, exercise safely, learn how to play as a team and make friends. We emphasize safety, team spirit and good sportsmanship conduct. Starz dance and cheer: the starz cheerleader group is for boys and girls. We meet weekly to prepare for performances. Our starz perform at events within the community as well as various dsaj celebrations. During the year, approximately 79 individuals participated in the wellness and fitness programs.
$8,501 spent$5,170 earned by the program2% of program spendingDsaj provides various support services in northeast florida whose focus is to provide awareness and education and to help individuals with down syndrome reach their potential. The organization has over 1,600 individuals, families and community members.
$110,039 spent29% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $385,502.
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 2018 to 2019, from $616k to $733k (+19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2022 6% · 2023 12% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Scott Fletcher
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 13 funders, grant income fell $78k → $55k.
6 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 JACKSONVILLE INC’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 JACKSONVILLE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
39% 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 JACKSONVILLE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 42% · 2019 35% · 2020 49% · 2021 21% · 2022 18% · 2023 19% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC draws 55% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $114k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 JACKSONVILLE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
56% 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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The Starlight Project LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC?
- DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC (Florida) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $339,910 to it, the largest being The Gate Foundation Inc ($74,691). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $339,910 in grants to DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC?
- The Gate Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $74,691 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF JACKSONVILLE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 26 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