Brain Recovery Project
Analysis
Brain Recovery Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Los Angeles, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.
In the financial year ending December 2023, Brain Recovery Project reported income of $301k and spending of $216k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $428k to $301k (-30%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.
Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brain Recovery Project sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 64th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Go the Distance ($301k), Mobile Wellness Incorporated ($301k) and Carsonstrong Foundation ($301k).
On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $7,225 (3.3% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $53k. At year end it held assets of $221k against liabilities of $4,525, net assets of $216k. It reported 3 employees.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Contributions & grants 88%
- Other 12%
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| Go the Distance | Portland | $301k |
| Mobile Wellness Incorporated | Chicago | $301k |
| Carsonstrong Foundation | Stow | $301k |
| International Cell Surgical Society | Palm Desert | $301k |