Brees Foundation for Breast Cancer Research

Analysis

Brees Foundation for Breast Cancer Research is a registered charity in United States, based in Bandon, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover diseases, disorders and medical disciplines, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Brees Foundation for Breast Cancer Research reported income of $153k and spending of $156k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $186k to $153k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brees Foundation for Breast Cancer Research sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Happier-Healthier-Productive Inc ($153k), Hondurans Against AIDS Inc ($153k) and Brooklyn Project Foundation ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 10% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $72k. At year end it held assets of $44k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $29k. It reported 9 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.