Ohio · Nonprofit
DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc
DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,326 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($11,085). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $380k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $0
What DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to improve the lives of individuals with DLG4-related Synaptopathy by supporting research, developing treatments and therapies, and providing a community of support. We understand the challenges that families face when dealing with this rare disease, and we are committed to making a difference. By collaborating with researchers, healthcare professionals, and other organizations, we aim to accelerate medical advances focused on the treatment of DLG4 Synaptopathy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Family Science Conference
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
2025 DLG4 SHINE Research & Family Conference
$65,932 spent$42,474 earned by the program36% of program spendingMedical Considerations Documents sent to members who are affected by DLG4 SHINE syndrome.
$624 spent0% of program spendingResearch Asset Development (iPSC, Mouse, and Rat Development)
$115,119 spent62% of program spendingScientific conference representation and attendance.
$2,782 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $184,457.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $126k to $0 (−100%).
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.
88% of DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $5k → $563.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc’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
DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 97% · 2023 69% — 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.
Where its funders are
52% of DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc: 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 DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc?
- DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,326 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($11,085). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $22,326 in grants to DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $11,085 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DLG4 SHINE Foundation Inc 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 6 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