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BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC

BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,995 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($25,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$83k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$62k
Net assets
$94k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Birdies 4 Brains Mn Inc does

Mission

The organization's primary purpose is to raise funds for brain injury research, provide support for those that have suffered brain injuries and the people that love them, promote awareness of brain injuries and other charitable purposes.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization carried out one event in 2024. The sole event for 2024 was the organization's flagship event which requires golfers who are committed to playing 100 holes of golf in a single day to solicit sponsorships from friends and family. Proceeds from the event support the grants approved by the board for the organization's primary exempt purpose.

    $135,668 spentof which $134,764 as grants$103,035 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $135,668.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($124k) Expenses 100 ($32k) Net assets 100 ($98k)2018 Revenue 126 ($156k) Expenses 303 ($96k) Net assets 162 ($158k)2020 Revenue 175 ($217k) Expenses 403 ($127k) Net assets 235 ($229k)2021 Revenue 41 ($51k) Expenses 281 ($89k) Net assets 195 ($191k)2022 Revenue 105 ($131k) Expenses 503 ($158k) Net assets 167 ($163k)2023 Revenue 160 ($199k) Expenses 679 ($214k) Net assets 152 ($148k)2024 Revenue 67 ($83k) Expenses 434 ($137k) Net assets 96 ($94k)
2017201820202021202220232024
Revenue (67)Expenses (434)Net assets (96)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $98k to $160k (+63%).

$98k
$160k
$229k
$191k
$166k
$148k
$94k
2017201820202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

115% of BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$93k
’17
$61k
’18
$90k
’20
−$38k
’21
−$27k
’22
−$15k
’23
−$54k
’24
8.3
months of
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed10914147
Joined·+0+6+0+0
No longer listed·1107
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $25k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC’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.

How concentrated its funding is

BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

75% 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 BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC.

40%
largest funder
75%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 60% — 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

25% of BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

75% of BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $15k that is directly attributable, 82% of it comes from Minnesota funders.

MN
IL
WI

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’20
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC has grown faster than half of the 9,898 health nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−65% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve8.3mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,898 health nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC?
BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,995 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ($25,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $61,995 in grants to BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC?
AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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