Maryland · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC
INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,019,234 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($259,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What International Dyslexia Association Inc does
Mission
Our mission is simple: to create a future for all individuals who struggle with dyslexia and other related reading differences so that they may have richer, more robust lives and access to the tools and resources they need. We will not stop "until everyone can read!"
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Educational conference - ida's annual international conference is the premier professional development program dedicated to reading, literacy, and learning. The conference brings in experts from all the world to educate attendees on the latest research, remediation, and more. The annual conference is fully accredited and attended by more than 3000 teachers, educators, administrators, reading specialists, researchers, university faculty and families. In additions to educational sessions, the conference hosts an array of professional training opportunities, an exhibit hall with more than 100 exhibitors specializing in education products and services, visits to specialty schools, and recognition of top leaders that work to improve the lives of struggling readers and people living with dyslexia.
$943,183 spent$1,215,146 earned by the program48% of program spendingMember and branch/global partner services - 1) member services - through member services ida provides community and professional engagement opportunities and rights to some organizational decision-making processes. Membership in ida provides individuals with resources, invaluable networking and connections with community-based branches and global partners. Members also receive free resources, discounts on publications, professional development opportunities, and national, global and branch events. 2) branch and global partner services - branch development and support provide the tools, trainings, and support for ida branches and global partners to deliver mission related resources and program activities that serve individuals with dyslexia, their families and teaching professionals.
$476,600 spent$475,234 earned by the program24% of program spendingEducation and training - education and training are designed to enhance knowledge and skills at the levels of classroom teachers, dyslexia interventionist and specialists who are recognized as essential for the effectiveness of reading instruction with our private and public educational systems. The overall rationale for ida's education and training programs is to improve awareness of science of reading, to expand knowledge structured literacy and to promote the implementation of effective reading instruction.international program accreditation - the ida program review and accreditation initiative is unique to other accrediting models in that it promotes the systematic evaluation and refinement of educator preparation programs against ida's research-based knowledge and practice standards (kps) for teachers of reading. When an educator preparation program displays the ida accredited program seal and advertises itself as an ida accredited program, the public is assured that program completers have engaged a rigorous, standards-based preparation program designed to promote candidate mastery of the principles and practices of structured literacy.ida tv - designed to grow knowledge and…
$275,694 spent$360,923 earned by the program14% of program spendingPublications and community resources and programs 1) publications - ida publications provide and disseminate relevant and actionable evidence-based information regarding dyslexia, literacy, learning, and other related disorders to inform instruction and implementation of structure literacy in all classrooms. Publications include: the biannual publication of ida's research-to-practice journal, perspectives on language and literacy, the tri-annual publication of ida's peer-reviewed scientific journal, annals of dyslexia, the biannual publication of the examiner, a magazine for families and teachers about hot topics in the science of reading and structured literacy, and frequent publication of fact sheets for a variety of audiences. 2) community resources - ida's dyslexialibrary.org is a free digital library designed to educate families and professionals and inform policy makers and educators regarding the best practices for literacy and learning. 3) community programs - ida offers select community outreach programs that provide services that help individuals with dyslexia and their families navigate challenging environments and successfully integrate into society. These programs…
$249,988 spent$113,504 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,945,465.
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.
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 $2.6M to $1.2M (−53%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 9% · 2022 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Sonja Banks
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $6k → $101k.
9 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
70% 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 INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 73% · 2020 20% · 2021 58% · 2022 56% · 2023 55% — 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
28% of INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
53% of INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC'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 $482k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 18 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $537k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.
Government funding INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $220 on record.
- Educational Supplies$220
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.
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Center for Effective Reading Instruction Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,019,234 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($259,500). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $1,019,234 in grants to INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $259,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL DYSLEXIA ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 44 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