Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $138,890 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($44,628). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $193k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $139k
- Net assets
- $499k
What Eastern Pennsylvania Down Syndrome Center does
Mission
Contributions to the Eastern Pennsylvania Down Syndrome Center support our existing new-parent services, educational advocacy, workshops, social and support programs for all ages and parents, financial assistance funds, and scholarships that serve individuals with Down syndrome across their lifespan.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The program serivice of medical evaluations has been moved to a hospital.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
MEMORIAL FUND - Brian J. Wittig memorial Enrichment Fund is to offer financial assistance to individuals with Down syndrome and their families to empower all to live a life of significance with grace and dignity.
$8,875 spent$3,650 earned by the program14% of program spendingFamily Support - Support our existing new-parent services, educational advocacy, workshops, social and support programs for all ages and parents to serve individuals with Down syndrome across their lifespan.
$48,099 spent$5,324 earned by the program74% of program spendingScholarships - The Center offers two scholarships to empower the community. The Bryan Meltzer Rise Up Scholarship - The goal is to award these scholarships in support of unique and meaningful opportunities that go beyond everyday expenses. The Dr Donald Levick Lighting the Way Scholarship - This scholarship is designed to support siblings or immediate family members of individuals with Down syndrome who are pursuing degrees in medical or therapeutic fields that support individuals with Down syndrome.
$5,122 spent$12,905 earned by the program8% of program spendingAdditional program services, and expenses not directly attributle to a single program service but to the support of said programs
$2,741 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $64,837.
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 2023 to 2024, from $428k to $499k (+17%).
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.
87% of EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $5k → $16k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER’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
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 53% · 2020 54% · 2021 46% · 2022 41% · 2023 52% — 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
43% of EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER'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
61% of EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER'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 $55k that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $84k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER runs a healthier operating margin 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 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER?
- EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $138,890 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($44,628). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $138,890 in grants to EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $44,628 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA DOWN SYNDROME CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 13 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