Maryland · Nonprofit
BRAINY RIDGE INC
BRAINY RIDGE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,082 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($10,982). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $312k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $137k
What Brainy Ridge Inc does
Mission
Mission is to provide youth with chronic health conditions and their families a safe, positive, and cohesive community that instills hope, belonging, and empowerment. We offer condition-specific residential and family camps for children and young adults living with chronic health conditions including congenital heart disease, neurofibromatosis, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, and autism, as well as year-round support groups, a teen leadership training program, and a transitional youth program
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Provided condition-specific residential and family camp programs for children and young adults living with chronic health conditions including congenital heart disease, neurofibromatosis, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, and autism spectrum disorder . During the 2025 camp season, brainy ridge expanded from 2 pilot sessions to 4 full camp sessions, serving over 140 campers from across the united states the cayman islands, and the netherlands. We also launched 2 new family camps for families affected by type 1 diabetes and congenital heart conditions providing education and support to caregivers and siblings. Over 50 scholarships were awarded to ensure no child was turned away due to financial need. All camp programs were medically supervised by more than 25 healthcare professionals
$202,772 spentof which $42,723 as grants$269,010 earned by the program97% of program spendingProvided a 7-month teen leadership training program designed to help adolescents living with chronic health conditions develop confidence communication, and problem-solving skills. The program trains teens to serve as peer counselors, giving them the skills and tools to help support and reduce the social isolation experienced by children with chronic health conditions brainy ridge also provided a transitional youth program supporting young adults with chronic health conditions as they navigate into the adult healthcare system. During the 2025 season, 7 former campers joined as first-time counselors, bringing leadership and lived experience to every cabin and activity these programs are designed to cultivate the next generation of leaders, healthcare professionals, and advocates
$3,287 spent$3,287 earned by the program2% of program spendingProvided year-round online support groups for children, young adults, and families living with chronic health conditions maintaining community connection and peer support outside of the camp season. Brainy ridge also maintained ongoing outreach and communication with its community of campers, families, staff, and volunteers through newsletters, social media, and direct engagement. These efforts ensured that campers and families remained connected to the brainy ridge community year-round and were informed of upcoming programs, registration opportunities, and scholarship availability brainy ridge partnered with various community organizations to extend reach and support
$3,286 spent$3,286 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $209,345.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2025, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2025, 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 2025 to 2026, from $77k to $139k (+80%).
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.
14% of BRAINY RIDGE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 BRAINY RIDGE 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
BRAINY RIDGE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 BRAINY RIDGE INC.
“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.
Where its funders are
89% of BRAINY RIDGE 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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $16k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
BRAINY RIDGE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 76 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 76 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like BRAINY RIDGE 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 Maryland
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
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRAINY RIDGE INC?
- BRAINY RIDGE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,082 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC ($10,982). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRAINY RIDGE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,082 in grants to BRAINY RIDGE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRAINY RIDGE INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF FREDERICK COUNTY MARYLAND INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,982 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRAINY RIDGE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2025–2026), and the filings of 3 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