Virginia · Nonprofit
SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT
SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $457,380 to it, the largest being LEVANT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES ($457,380). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $457k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Shine Institute for Strategic Empowerment does
Mission
Focusing on civic education, humanitarian activities, and public policy to improve the lives of communities in key regions of the world with an emphasis on the levant region of me. Org. Also conducts research to inform and access public policy in the us focused on the middle east
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025 shine institute conducted unprecedented field research in the levant region to illuminate the organization and challenges of civil society in conflict zones in the middle east. Shine institute also conducted research on the plight of refugees and displaced populations in those conflict zones. Finally, shine institute produced analytical reports to inform policy makers and thought leaders in the united states concerning these issues.
$169,582 spent$235,535 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $169,582.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $23k to $98k (+329%).
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 SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT’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.
Where its funders are
SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT: 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 SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT?
- SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $457,380 to it, the largest being LEVANT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES ($457,380). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $457,380 in grants to SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT?
- LEVANT CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES is the largest funder on record, with $457,380 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHINE INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC EMPOWERMENT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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