Ohio · Nonprofit
DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,127,858 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($452,800). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Ddc Clinic for Special Needs Children does
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for special needs people with metabolic and inherited disorders through early diagnosis and treatment, research, and education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
We serve patients with complex medical needs, closely following the american academy of pediatrics (aap) model for a medical home. We provide care that is accessible, continuous, comprehensive, family-centered, coordinated, compassionate, and culturally effective.we provide medical services for children with over 160 different rare diseases; we are recognized as a leading international medical facility for such complex disorders as prolidase deficiency, cohen syndrome, ganglioside gm3 synthase deficiency, glucose-galactose malabsorption, tmco1 defect syndrome, and sams association.in addition, we help families with (continued on schedule o) medical supplies, nutrition needs through a patient assistance program, and we coordinate on-site sub-specialty services with outside institutions.
$793,899 spent$407,111 earned by the program40% of program spendingPatient-oriented research allows us to focus on early diagnosis and groundbreaking treatment, bringing relief to children and hope to their families. This is often referred to as "translational" research because what we learn is translated immediately to patient care. We are considered a foremost resource to other doctors who have similarly affected patients.our molecular diagnostics laboratory offers state-of-the-art genetic testing for hundreds of genetic disorders. The lab was developed in 2005 to support translational research and personalized medicine for patients. In 2012, with a growing number of requests by clinicians across the country looking for high-quality (continued on schedule o) and affordable testing services for rare genetic conditions, our lab sought and earned certification by the clinical laboratory improvement amendments (clia). Our tests include dna sequence analysis via sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing (ngs), as well as dna copy number variation analysis by chromosomal microarray.
$1,053,984 spent$497,496 earned by the program53% of program spendingWe partner with families, the community, and medical professionals to empower them with knowledge; extensive outreach to families and medical professionals has increased awareness of risk factors and disease processes leading to earlier diagnosis and better plans of care.we offer family support services including genetic counseling, disorder-specific family gatherings, and mothers support groups.we collaborate with local, national and international medical communities, sharing knowledge with prominent physicians and research scientists around the world through papers published in prestigious journals such as the proceedings of the (continued on schedule o) national academy of sciences, nature genetics and the american journal of medical genetics, american journal of hermatology, british journal of hermatology, and journal of movement disorders.
$131,079 spent7% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,978,962.
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 $3.9M to $4.9M (+26%).
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 10% · 2022 9% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
62% of DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $56k → $291k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 59% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN’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.
How concentrated its funding is
DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 59% · 2019 61% · 2020 70% · 2021 90% · 2022 53% · 2023 45% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
59% of DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $460k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $668k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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
DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 8,126 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,126 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN?
- DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,127,858 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($452,800). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 59% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,127,858 in grants to DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $452,800 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DDC CLINIC FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing