Massachusetts · Nonprofit
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $179,792 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($60,450). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $180k
- Net assets
- $7.5M
What Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts Inc does
Mission
The brain injury association of massachusetts (bia-ma) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to create a better future for individuals with brain injury and their families through advocacy, education, prevention, research and support.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education, advocacy and awareness - brain injury can be a complex condition, sometimes requiring lifelong care and treatment. The organization advocates for public policy that recognizes and addresses issues confronting persons with brain injury, their families and care providers. Raising awareness is critical to the organization's mission and essential to reducing the many consequences of brain injury. Annually the organization fosters the empowerment of individuals with brain injury through association awareness initiatives and serves as the leading source for brain injury education for those working or aspiring to work in the brain injury field. Annually the organization educates over 14,000 individuals across the state through education and outreach initiatives.
$1,034,829 spent$147,330 earned by the program53% of program spendingResource & support programs - regardless of severity or cause, the organization understands the impact of brain injury on individuals, families, and the community. Annually, the organization meets the call for need 8,004 times. The support and resources that the organization provides are timely, comprehensive, and tailored to individual needs. The organization currently sponsors 28 support groups throughout massachusetts, which provide a forum for sharing information as well as a compassionate and understanding peer group. The organization also offers 56 recreational and social activities annually to help individuals and families feel connected, to help reduce isolation, and to promote healing.
$770,078 spent39% of program spendingPrevention programs - the organization has developed educational programs that address the leading causes of brain injury. In collaboration with state agencies, schools, community-based organizations, and the state judicial system, the organization annually educates more than 4,292 children, adolescents, and adults statewide on brain injury prevention.
$162,100 spent$162,180 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,967,007.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.5M to $7.7M (+203%).
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: 2017 71% · 2021 12% · 2022 10% · 2023 79% · 2024 79% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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
Nicole M Godaire Cbis
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Laura Herman
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $17k → $33k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
58% 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 BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 60% · 2018 29% · 2019 37% · 2020 41% · 2021 62% · 2022 52% · 2023 61% — broadly stable.
“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
43% of BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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
58% of BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS 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 $75k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $105k 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.
Against its field
BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $14.9M on record.
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$14.3M
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$410k
- (EE) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES$245k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC: 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 BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $179,792 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($60,450). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $179,792 in grants to BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $60,450 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRAIN INJURY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 11 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