Maryland · Nonprofit
DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $759,112 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($143,385). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $788k
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $759k
- Net assets
- $707k
What Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation does
Mission
Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation is committed to the prevention and treatment of diabetes and to the funding of innovative, promising research aimed at finding a cure for diabetes and diabetes-related complications.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Diabetes action provides grants for biomedical and education research on the prevention and treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes to improve the lives of all people living with diabetes in the u.s.
$420,000 spentof which $420,000 as grants57% of program spendingDiabetes action educates the public about diabetes with the latest diabetes news and research, including articles, infographics, videos, and tips for living healthier lives with diabetes at www.diabetesaction.org.
$295,409 spentof which $295,409 as grants40% of program spendingDiabetes action provides support for summer camp programs across the u.s. To make it possible for children who need financial help to attend these special camp programs for children with diabetes. These programs nurture self-esteem and self-reliance by offering a support system that is not available in any other setting.
$19,500 spentof which $19,500 as grants3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $734,909.
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 2018 to 2019, from $70k to $796k (+1040%).
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.
100% of DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Patricia Faulkner
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $45k → $122k.
12 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. 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
DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
72% 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 DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 44% · 2019 48% · 2020 38% · 2021 20% · 2022 39% · 2023 17% — 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
41% of DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
58% of DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION'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 $322k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 15 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $437k arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 40 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Maryland) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $759,112 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($143,385). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $759,112 in grants to DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $143,385 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DIABETES ACTION RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 40 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing