Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan Foundation

Analysis

Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Grand Rapids, MI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2014, 12 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 supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan Foundation reported income of $292k and spending of $216k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $132k to $292k (+122%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 301%. Over the whole period it spent 66% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan Foundation sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 61st percentile within MI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hisd Gear Up Trust Fund ($292k), United Way of McPherson County Inc ($292k) and Laurel-London Optimist Foundation ($292k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.