Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc

Analysis

Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cherry Hill, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc reported income of $3.3m and spending of $2.2m, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.0m to $3.3m (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Dravet Syndrome Foundation Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 91st percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Foundation of Middlesex County Inc ($3.3m), International Center for Responsible Gaming ($3.3m) and Boy Scouts of America ($3.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $263k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $364k. At year end it held assets of $7.5m against liabilities of $595k, net assets of $6.9m. It reported 13 employees.