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BREATHE 4 ALS INC

BREATHE 4 ALS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,758 to it, the largest being KATZ FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$15k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$23k
1/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Breathe 4 Als Inc does

Program

  1. Instructional breathing classes for individuals with als.

    $620 spent

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($25k) Expenses 100 ($70k) Net assets 100 ($15k)2021 Revenue 355 ($91k) Expenses 99 ($69k) Net assets 245 ($36k)2022 Revenue 53 ($13k) Expenses 40 ($28k) Net assets 150 ($22k)2023 Revenue 35 ($9k) Expenses 12 ($8k) Net assets 152 ($23k)2024 Revenue 60 ($15k) Expenses 22 ($15k) Net assets 152 ($23k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (60)Expenses (22)Net assets (152)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 2020 to 2021, from $15k to $36k (+145%).

$15k
$36k
$25k
$23k
$23k
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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
Listed33222
Joined·+0···
No longer listed·0···
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2021: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $28k.

From the IRS filings of BREATHE 4 ALS 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

BREATHE 4 ALS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

50%
largest funder
91%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 51% · 2020 83% · 2021 91% — growing more concentrated.

“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

BREATHE 4 ALS INC draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 4 states in all.

PA
NJ
CT
FL

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

’19
’20
’21
Connecticut out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

BREATHE 4 ALS INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · below the median

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

Organizations like BREATHE 4 ALS INC

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05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds BREATHE 4 ALS INC?
BREATHE 4 ALS INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $49,758 to it, the largest being KATZ FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BREATHE 4 ALS INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $49,758 in grants to BREATHE 4 ALS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BREATHE 4 ALS INC?
KATZ 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 BREATHE 4 ALS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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