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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: May 2025 Expires: May 2027

Diabetes Research Connection

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards
(844) 484-3372
1400 Maiden Lane
Del Mar, CA, 92014
https://diabetesresearchconnection.org/
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Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Diabetes Research Connection meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to connect donors with early-career scientists enabling them to perform peer-reviewed, novel research designed to prevent and cure Type 1 Diabetes, minimize its complications and improve the quality of life for those living with the disease."

Year, State Incorporated:
2012, CA

Diabetes Research Connection (DRC) identifies, reviews, and allocates seed-funding to advance the most promising type 1 diabetes (T1D) research led by early-career scientists nationwide. The organization focuses on four areas of research including: developing therapies to halt the autoimmune attach and restore beta cell function - providing a biological cure for T1D; slowing or halting T1D progression and ultimately eliminating the development of T1D; improving and automating glucose monitoring and control to ease the burden of T1D; and developing therapies to prevent, treat, and reverse the complications of T1D that can lead to heart and kidney disease, stroke, amputations, neuropathy, and blindness.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, Diabetes Research Connection's program expenses were:

Program services $600,448
Total Program Expenses $610,448

Chief Executive
Christine Rhoads, Executive Director

Compensation*
$155,984

Chair of the Board
Eric Zwisler

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Retired

Board Size
13

Paid Staff Size
6

*2023 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals, Radio, Special events, Telemarketing

Fundraising costs were 24% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $681,939, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Diabetes Research Connection's audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Source of Funds
Grant refunds $1,358
Investment income $95,757
In-kind contributions $164,893
Contributions $185,900
Special events, net $329,788
Total Income $777,696

Programs: 65% Fundraising: 18% Administrative: 18%

Total Income $777,696
Total expenses: $936,811
  Program expenses $610,448
  Fundraising expenses $166,230
  Administrative expenses $170,133
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-159,115
Beginning Net Assets $2,436,787
Other Changes In Net Assets $0
Ending Net Assets $2,277,622
Total Liabilities $46,906
Total Assets $2,324,528

Note 1: According to DRC's 2023 audited financial statements, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $164,893 in the form of stock contributions ($106,476), Google AdWords ($48,817), and office space ($9,600).

Note 2: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to a prior period adjustment.

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