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DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP

DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being ALBEMARLE FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$165k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100
Net assets
$183k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Downs Syndrome Awareness Group does

Mission

The Down Syndrome Awareness Group of Baton Rouge is a non-profit organization that provides parent support and public awareness to improve the quality of life for those with Down syndrome.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

Additional Programming DSAG Legal Connect 21640 new in 2025

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. DSAG Making Waves Program - free swim lessons year-round for individuals with Down syndrome

    $53,282 spent
    34% of program spending

  2. DSAG Legal Connect Program - financial support program for estate planning and continuing tutorship benefitting individuals with Down syndrome and their care takers

    $21,640 spent
    14% of program spending

  3. Red Stick CARES Program - partnership with local program to provide summer camp tuition and C.A.R.E.S. team tuition for individuals with Down syndrome

    $20,510 spent
    13% of program spending

  4. Program Movie Pass

    $19,152 spent
    12% of program spending

  5. Program Clear Vision

    $1,484 spent
    1% of program spending

  6. Program DSAG Celebrates

    $2,425 spent
    2% of program spending

  7. Program DSAG Ambassadors

    $596 spent
    0% of program spending

  8. Social Event Family Zoo Day

    $7,751 spent
    5% of program spending

  9. Social Event Back to School Bowling

    $2,093 spent
    1% of program spending

  10. Social Event Mommy and Parent Meetups

    $2,272 spent
    1% of program spending

  11. Social Event Summer Kick Off Family Day

    $1,771 spent
    1% of program spending

  12. Social Event Member Photo Shoot

    $1,150 spent
    1% of program spending

  13. Member Support 321 Scholarship

    $2,500 spent
    2% of program spending

  14. Member Support Christmas Giveaway

    $2,250 spent
    1% of program spending

  15. Member Support Sponsorships

    $1,400 spent
    1% of program spending

  16. Member Support Logoed Merch

    $5,703 spent
    4% of program spending

  17. Program DSAG Cares

    $4,797 spent
    3% of program spending

  18. Program First Connect

    $8,103 spent
    5% of program spending

The 18 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $158,879.

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 ($5k) Expenses 100 ($7k) Net assets 100 ($27k)2018 Revenue 238 ($12k) Expenses 110 ($8k) Net assets 118 ($32k)2022 Revenue 1827 ($94k) Expenses 612 ($42k) Net assets 319 ($86k)2023 Revenue 2063 ($106k) Expenses 975 ($67k) Net assets 461 ($124k)2024 Revenue 3566 ($183k) Expenses 1731 ($120k) Net assets 696 ($188k)2025 Revenue 3216 ($165k) Expenses 2459 ($170k) Net assets 677 ($183k)
201720182022202320242025
Revenue (3216)Expenses (2459)Net assets (677)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $124k to $188k (+51%).

$27k
$32k
$86k
$124k
$188k
$183k
201720182022202320242025
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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

−$2k
’17
$5k
’18
$51k
’22
$38k
’23
$63k
’24
−$5k
’25
13
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.

20242025
Listed1113
Joined·+2
No longer listed·0
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP’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.

Where its funders are

DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 1 state in all.

NC

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP

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

Down Syndrome Association of Southwest Louisiana Inc78%Down Syndrome Association of Greater New Orleans76%Down Syndrome Association of Acadiana73%Families Helping Families of Greater New Orleans72%Fair Visions Inc72%Louisiana Association of the Deaf Inc71%Louisiana Right to Life Educational Committee Inc71%Up With Downs71%

Nationally

Central Florida Down Syndrome Assoc Inc79%Down Syndrome Association of Southwest Louisiana Inc78%Coastal Bringing up Down Syndrome of Southeastern78%Down Syndrome Association of Roanoke77%Down Syndrome Alabama77%Down Syndrome Association of Tallahassee Inc76%Down Syndrome Indiana Inc76%Down Syndrome Association of Greater New Orleans76%
05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

LA

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP?
DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP (Louisiana) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being ALBEMARLE FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP.
Who is the largest funder of DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP?
ALBEMARLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DOWNS SYNDROME AWARENESS GROUP 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing