In 1999, nearly eighty cents of every dollar was used for program services. The IRSA provides many services to families, including our 1-800 toll free line, quarterly newsletter, telephone peer support, regional seminars, annual conferences, parent networking, information and referral and literature, and educational materials. The IRSA has a highly respected reputation in the scientific community for accomplishments in the research field. From advocacy to funding research, sponsoring scientific meetings, collaboration with researchers through our database, maintaining liaison and encouraging new scientists to take interest, research has important significance.
All money collected for research is used for research.
Research is well evaluated and your research dollars are well spent. This includes all the costs of running an organization - equipment, supplies, rent, utilities, postage, stationery, printing, newsletter, and staff salary. Many of the services needed including legal, computer programming, audit, graphics, typeset and printing costs are donated or contributed at cost. Donations of equipment, supplies and consultant fees make it possible to keep the cost of running the office as low as possible. Our office space in the community is modest but functional, and it enables us to use more volunteers to increase our efficiency and expedite member services.