New York · Nonprofit
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $375,811 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS ON DISABILITIES ($375,811). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $376k
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Inc does
Mission
To elevate the status of direct support professionals by improving practice standards, promoting system reform, and advancing their knowledge, skills and values.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Credentialing: in 2025, the nadsp (organization) has awarded direct support professionals with national certification at the following levels: dsp 1: 4,605, dsp 2: 1,862, dsp 3: 1,487, frontline supervisor: 1,622, the e-badge academy certification program recorded 26,812 users.
Memberships: for 2025, membership comprised of the following: level 4 membership (500+dsps): 31 agencies, level 3 membership (201-500 dsps): 43 agencies, level 2 membership (51-200 dsp): 113 agencies, level 1 membership (1-50 dsps): 108 agencies, affiliate members: 3, professional members: 16,individual members: 187.
Speaking and training engagements: in 2025, the following virtual and in-person training/speaking events were conducted: virtual training-speaking events: 33 - 989 attendees, in-person training-speaking events: 16 - 1,025 attendees, webinars: 12 - 1,606 attendees, in-person conference: buffalo, ny - 400 attendees.
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.6M to $7.7M (+375%).
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 22% · 2022 34% · 2023 47% · 2024 46% · 2025 45%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Joseph Macbeth
President & CEO
Board chair
Chester Finn
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $176k → $117k.
From the IRS filings of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS 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.
Where its funders are
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- PROF DEV INSTATE TUITION/REGISTRATION$98k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$900
- PROFESSIONAL DEV IN-HOUSE TRAINING$350
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 NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC?
- NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $375,811 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS ON DISABILITIES ($375,811). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $375,811 in grants to NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC?
- ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY CENTERS ON DISABILITIES is the largest funder on record, with $375,811 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing