Virginia · Nonprofit
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,679 to it, the largest being CNB FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $29k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $69k
What Down Syndrome Association of Roanoke does
Mission
education advocacy and support
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Support - The DSAR has many group functions for individuals with Down Syndrome their families and loved ones. Some examples are a bowling party a holiday party a gathering at a baseball game and a monthly social hour. We also support other services in our area.
$4,681 spent39% of program spendingAdvocacy - The DSAR maintains an internet site and sponsors events for individuals with disabilities in the area. Some examples are the All Social Clubs Dance and the Push America reception and picnic. We also have a Fall Picnic and Buddy Walk that is affiliated with the NDSS.
$2,568 spentof which $1,250 as grants22% of program spendingEducation - The DSAR sponsors college scholarships and has packets with information that are distributed to area healthcare providers for distribution to new parents and their loved ones. We sponsor programs such as the Next Chapter Book Club a reading group for individuals with disabilities. We sponsor a golf academy for individuals with disabilities. We pay to send group members to conferences and conventions on Down Syndrome.
$4,621 spentof which $2,000 as grants39% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,870.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $67k to $69k (+4%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $32.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 ROANOKE’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 ROANOKE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE draws 64% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $179 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE?
- DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE (Virginia) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,679 to it, the largest being CNB FOUNDATION INC ($3,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $5,679 in grants to DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE?
- CNB FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF ROANOKE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 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