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FASD United Inc

FASD United Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $405,620 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($162,350). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.7M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$406k
Net assets
$201k
6/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What FASD United Inc does

Mission

FASD United empowers people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASD and prenatal substance exposure to educate systems of care and the public enact policies and unite communities everywhere. Through the organizations programs conferences events virtual and in-person meetings and presentations publications media outreach and the dissemination of printed and digital information FASD United reached 750,000 individuals during the 12 months ending 12 31 24.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. FASD United develops implements and or facilitates nationwide the following primary activities and events: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASD public awareness and education initiatives; family resource navigation referral and client advocacy; an international research conference; collaboration on a research and clinical practice project in the Military Health System; administration of a network of FASD organizations and agencies; management of a resource clearinghouse; engagement with child welfare education medical behavioral health justice addiction public health and other external partners; media outreach and the dissemination of FASD news and information; a speakers bureau of FASD living experiences; legislative and legal policy research and advocacy and; development and dissemination of printed and digital materials and publications.

    $1,492,347 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,492,347.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($641k) Expenses 100 ($642k) Net assets 100 ($8k)2021 Revenue 95 ($607k) Expenses 104 ($667k) Net assets -662 ($-52444)2022 Revenue 48 ($306k) Expenses 48 ($311k) Net assets 366 ($29k)2023 Revenue 236 ($1.5M) Expenses 178 ($1.1M) Net assets 4786 ($379k)2024 Revenue 263 ($1.7M) Expenses 291 ($1.9M) Net assets 2542 ($201k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (263)Expenses (291)Net assets (2542)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $71k to $509k (+614%).

$30k
$41k
$71k
$509k
$514k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 67% · 2021 64% · 2022 44% · 2023 51% · 2024 63%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

79% of FASD United Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 8,611 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$1k
’20
−$60k
’21
−$6k
’22
$367k
’23
−$178k
’24
0.5
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

Thomas Donaldson

CEO

Board chair

Susan Shepard Carlson

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed1415101211
Joined·+1+2+6+1
No longer listed·0742
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $35k → $26k.

5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 FASD United 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

FASD United Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% 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

73% 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 FASD United Inc.

40%
largest funder
74%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 72% · 2019 50% · 2020 93% · 2021 54% · 2022 64% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.

“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

17% of FASD United Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

FASD United Inc draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 4 states in all.

IL
VA
MD
DC

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

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’21
Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FASD United Inc has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−11% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding FASD United Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.4M on record.

Federal$3.4M
grants $3.4Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$3.4M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 14%Fundraising 6%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

91%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FASD United Inc?
FASD United Inc (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $405,620 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($162,350). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FASD United Inc have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $405,620 in grants to FASD United Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FASD United Inc?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $162,350 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FASD United Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2020–2024), 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