Ohio · Nonprofit
THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION
THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,478,651 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($653,428). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 109
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $3.8M
What The Dragonfly Foundation does
Mission
See schedule oThe Dragonfly Foundation supports families of pediatric cancer patients by; building a network that connects dragonfly families to each other and the community, providing programs to enhance quality of life, enhancing programs in partner with children's hospitals, partnering on psychosocial research with cincinnati children's hospital medical center.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Patient and family programs: The Dragonfly Foundation's patient and family programs provide support and distractions to help patients and families get through the day-to-day struggles of cancer and blood diseases journeys. This lessens the financial and emotional burdens during one of the most difficult times in a family's life. These programs include:a)gifting for patients, siblings and caregivers.b)adopt-a-family for the holidays.c)patient and family events which allow families the opportunity to spend quality time together and to connect with other families free of charge.seee schedule o for continuation.d)patient relations to provide a network that connects dragonfly families to each other and to the community.e)urgent needs to relieve the financial stress on everyday living, if necessary.
$1,018,536 spentof which $295,053 as grants81% of program spendingHospital programs: The Dragonfly Foundation's hospital programs provide programs to the hospitals which enhance quality of life and enhance programs in partnering children's hospitals. These programs include:a)beads of courage which allow patients to mark the milestones of cancer treatment with a tangible manifestation of their experience through beads they receive for each milestone they accomplish during treatment.b)care bags which are care packages that make hospital stays more comfortable and provide resources and education upon admission to the oncology and bone marrow units.see schedule o for continuationc)I'm still me which is a program to support patients and families before, during and after hair loss and other physical changes that occur during cancer treatment.d)hospital support to take care of hospital staff who take care of these patients each day.e)technology which allows patients and families access to technology during cancer treatment.
$238,939 spentof which $36,701 as grants19% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,257,475.
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 2023 to 2024, from $3.4M to $4.4M (+30%).
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: 2022 3% · 2023 7% · 2024 8% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
128% of THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Chief executive
Christine Neitzke
Executive director
Board chair
Robert Brown
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 15 funders to 48 funders, grant income rose $177k → $828k.
20 of 109 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 109 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
THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 7 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 7 funders to its left
39% 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 THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 18% · 2019 28% · 2020 23% · 2021 19% · 2022 25% · 2023 16% — 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
46% of THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
54% of THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,002 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE DRAGONFLY 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE DRAGONFLY 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 THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION?
- THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION (Ohio) receives grants from 109 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,478,651 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($653,428). 64 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 109 organizations giving $4,478,651 in grants to THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION, 64 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $653,428 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DRAGONFLY FOUNDATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 109 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