Lumind Idsc Foundation FY2021 filing

Burlington, MAUnknown exempt organizationEIN 37-1483975Revenue $5.3M in FY2021

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To accelerate research that will increase the availability of therapeutic, diagnostic and medical care options to improve health and independence for people with down syndrome and to empower families through education, connections and support.

75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$721K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2026
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $299K a year · 11% of revenue · last 7 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Looks good: 75% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$721K
to officers and key staff · 21% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 21% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
17
named funders · $1.6M
Looks good: 17 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.7M
39% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 39% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.3M
+183% vs prior year
Spent
$3.4M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$2.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2026
Revenue
$5.3M
FY2021▲ +183%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.9M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$2.7M
FY2023$3.2M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2025$2.8M
FY2026$0
Expenses
$3.4M
FY2021▲ +31%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$3.4M
FY2022$4.7M
FY2023$4.0M
FY2024$4.0M
FY2025$3.3M
FY2026$541
Net assets
$2.7M
FY2021▲ +226%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$841K
FY2021$2.7M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$626K
FY2024$674K
FY2025$147K
FY2026$0

From the FY2021 Form 990 (year ending September 2021) · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2026.

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $2.5M Management & general 11% · $360K Fundraising 14% · $471K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

16 people listed on the 990; $721K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2020); the FY2021 filing did not itemize Part VII
President and CEO
$278,723Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Scientific Officer
$181,202Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$156,294Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President, Clinical Operations
$105,250Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Hampus Hillerstrom$296,406$293,219$286,161$318,264$278,723$313,978
Lois Kelly$235,746$168,170————
Angela Britton——$208,000$213,833——
Dr James Hendrix———$211,409$181,202$170,105
Michelle Petronio$172,068$164,874$162,311$163,933$156,294$128,032
Richard a Fisher—$129,600————
Katherine O'Neill$108,466$103,128$94,103———
Angella Britton————$105,250—

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Accelerates research and empowers families to improve health and independence for people with Down syndrome.

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3 programs · $2.5M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Ds-Ctn

Support medical research that will result in treatments to significantly improve health and independence in persons with down syndrome.

$1.3Mprogram expense
02

Community engagement program for research awareness and participation participation and empowering families with resources, medical information and research participation opportunities. Includes costs related to lumind idsc's my down syndrome community platform (mydsc).

$1.0Mprogram expense
03

Research and medical grants program lumind idsc research and medical grants program supported 10 projects this year covering projects in COVID19, gene thereapy, independence, medical care and regulatory.

$217Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 17 grants · $3.4M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$764,779
The Rand CorporationCA · FY2021$170,000
Individual RecipientFY2021$150,000
Dsc2uFY2021$90,000
Advocate Health ResourcesFY2021$37,000
Down Syndrome Clinical Trials Network Multiple GrantsFY2020$1,290,000
Uconn Health - PinterFY2020$100,000
Dsc2uFY2020$45,000
Advocate Health ResourcesFY2020$30,000
Emory Group ReturnGA · FY2020$27,000
Gdpr IT Governance USA INCFY2020$15,000
Down Syndrome Clinical Trials Network Multiple GrantsFY2019$451,723
Uconn Health - PinterFY2019$65,000
UcsdFY2019$50,000
Stanford UniversityFY2019$18,750
University of ArizonaFY2019$7,500

By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.1M
Other incomeLn 4–11$153K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Money outPt IX
$3.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$360K
Fundraisingcol D$471K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$324K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$153K
Total revenueLn 12$5.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$915K
SavingsLn 2$637K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$216K
Other assetsLn 15$29K
Total assetsLn 16$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$2.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$283K$1.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$237K$216K
Total assetsLn 16$2.5M$4.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.6M$1.7M
Net assetsLn 32$841K$2.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.5M$1.5M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$895K$647K$50K$198K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$152K$21K$36K$96K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$40K$25K$3K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$101K$80K$11K$10K
Payroll taxesLn 10$92K$58K$8K$26K
Legal feesLn 11b$89K$40K$6K$43K
Accounting feesLn 11c$87K$87K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$30K$30K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$22K$22K
Office expensesLn 13$51K$23K$18K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$118K$70K$9K$40K
OccupancyLn 16$45K$32K$4K$9K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$4K$8
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$66K$66K
InsuranceLn 23$28K$28K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$39K$6K$6K$28K
All other expensesLn 24e$3K$2K$254$510
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.4M$2.5M$360K$471K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2026 Latest $0$541−$541$0 990 PDF
FY2025 $2.8M$3.3M−$527K$147K 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.0M$4.0M$48K$674K 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.2M$4.0M−$820K$626K 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.7M$4.7M−$2.0M$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $5.3M$3.4M$1.9M$2.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.9M$2.6M−$707K$841K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $5,267,215 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,577,945$5,112,405
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,301$1,503
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $284,585$153,307
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,863,831$5,267,215
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,020,395$1,507,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $956,058$1,279,452
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $594,339$581,474
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,570,792$3,367,926
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$706,961$1,899,289
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $5,267,215 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$324,071
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$4,788,334
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,112,405
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,503$1,503
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $153,307$153,307
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $154,810$5,267,215
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,367,926 across 18 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,507,000$1,507,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $646,801 · Management $50,411 · Fundraising $197,710$894,922
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $20,763 · Management $35,514 · Fundraising $95,667$151,944
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $25,200 · Management $3,244 · Fundraising $11,072$39,516
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $80,069 · Management $11,351 · Fundraising $10,021$101,441
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $58,430 · Management $7,521 · Fundraising $25,678$91,629
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $40,300 · Management $5,735 · Fundraising $43,216$89,251
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $86,538$86,538
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $29,657$29,657
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $22,218$22,218
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $23,226 · Management $17,859 · Fundraising $9,876$50,961
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $69,721 · Management $8,751 · Fundraising $39,844$118,316
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $31,587 · Management $4,483 · Fundraising $9,018$45,088
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,110 · Fundraising $8$4,118
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $65,582$65,582
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $27,724$27,724
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,894 · Management $5,554 · Fundraising $28,021$39,469
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,788 · Management $254 · Fundraising $510$2,552
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,537,107 · Management $360,178 · Fundraising $470,641$3,367,926
Part X · Balance sheet $4,487,214 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $39,147$914,870
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $244,092$637,017
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,823,377$2,655,533
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,925$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $85,191$34,321
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $236,871$216,053
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $30,750$29,420
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,462,353$4,487,214
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $218,501$167,209
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $1,202,036$1,563,845
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $600$12,555
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $200,060$3,160
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,621,197$1,746,769
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $117,205$832,028
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $723,951$1,908,417
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $841,156$2,740,445
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,462,353$4,487,214
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,740,445 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,267,215
XI-2 Total expenses$3,367,926
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,899,289
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$841,156
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,740,445

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