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Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas

Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $573,804 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($138,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$498k
Funders on record
30
Grants received
$574k
Net assets
$1.1M
11/30 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas does

Mission

The mission of the down syndrome guild (dsg) is to engage all members of the down syndrome community-children and adults, parents, and friends-to advocate, educate, and enable the fullest lives possible.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Support and Activities from Diagnosis through Adulthood - From the moment of diagnosis, new and expectant parents rely on the Guild for the latest information and resources. Families receive individualized support from mentor parents (in English or Spanish) through our First Call program and have access to a wide array of social and educational opportunities like support groups, music classes, and parents' night out. As families transition into the school years and beyond, the Guild remains a constant source of information and support by hosting conferences and educational seminars where parents can learn from one another as well as national and local experts. Self-advocates with Down Syndrome along with their parents and siblings are also able to make connections and find support through social activities like Cookies with Santa and the End of Summer Bash. The Guild also provides opportunities for self-advocates with Down Syndrome ages 18 and older to enhance their skills and form life-long friendships through ongoing offerings such as book club and monthly social activities in the community.

    $273,741 spentof which $30,750 as grants$8,065 earned by the program
    85% of program spending
  2. Annual Family Picnic - A day of celebration and fun that welcomed more than 1,000 individuals with Down syndrome and their immediate family members beginning in fiscal year 2019. The Picnic featured a variety of family-friendly activities such as lawn games, rock climbing wall, fishing, paddle boats, crafts, volleyball, inflatables, and a picnic lunch free of charge. Families are able to connect with others to share resources and support while enjoying a day of family fun and sense of community.

    $32,204 spent$1,136 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  3. iCan Shine Summer Programs

    $15,368 spentof which $4,500 as grants$6,350 earned by the program
    5% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $321,313.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($436k) Expenses 100 ($421k) Net assets 100 ($632k)2018 Revenue 100 ($436k) Expenses 102 ($429k) Net assets 101 ($637k)2019 Revenue 111 ($485k) Expenses 114 ($479k) Net assets 103 ($650k)2020 Revenue 75 ($327k) Expenses 98 ($414k) Net assets 92 ($582k)2021 Revenue 92 ($400k) Expenses 71 ($297k) Net assets 112 ($711k)2022 Revenue 104 ($455k) Expenses 96 ($403k) Net assets 144 ($909k)2023 Revenue 113 ($494k) Expenses 106 ($446k) Net assets 156 ($989k)2024 Revenue 114 ($498k) Expenses 108 ($454k) Net assets 169 ($1.1M)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (108)Net assets (169)

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 $717k to $1.0M (+40%).

$689k
$700k
$712k
$603k
$717k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$14k
’17
$7k
’18
$7k
’19
−$86k
’20
$102k
’21
$51k
’22
$48k
’23
$45k
’24
15
months of
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

Jennifer Ford

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2018171714202017
Joined·+1+5+2+3+14+0+3
No longer listed·3626806
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $32k → $82k.

7 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 Guild of Dallas’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 29 of 30 funders by total. 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 Guild of Dallas has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

64% 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 Guild of Dallas.

24%
largest funder
60%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 76% · 2018 52% · 2019 93% · 2020 58% · 2021 40% · 2022 33% · 2023 37% — 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

42% of Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 37% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

63% of Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas'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 $211k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 11 states.

MN
NY
MA
OH
NJ
CO
NE
MO
NC
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $363k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas

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 Texas

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

71% of spending goes to programs.

Program 71%Management 13%Fundraising 16%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

95%

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 Guild of Dallas?
Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas (Texas) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $573,804 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($138,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas have?
IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $573,804 in grants to Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas?
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $138,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Down Syndrome Guild of Dallas find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 30 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