New Hampshire · Nonprofit
BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE
BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE (New Hampshire) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,217 to it, the largest being New Hampshire Charitable Foundation ($102,000). 3 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 FY2025
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $115k
- Net assets
- $19M
What Breathe New Hampshire does
Mission
Breathe New Hampshire's mission is to eliminate lung disease and to improve the quality of life for those living with lung disease in new hampshire.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Copd and lung disease - Breathe New Hampshire works to prevent lung disease before it begins and to improve the lives of those impacted by lung disease in new hampshire. As the state's leading voluntary lung health organization, the organization provides education, training and resources on matters that impact breathing, such as air quality and tobacco use. The organization also raises awareness and understanding of common lung diseases, including asthma, copd (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and lung cancer, and helps people understand the connection between breathing and their environments. With assistance from an active volunteer network, Breathe New Hampshire hosts annual events for families impacted by lung disease, coordinates continuing medical education conferences for healthcare providers, conducts lung health screenings, provides information through a website and social media tools and empowers those impacted by lung disease through community-based projects and advocacy activities.
$166,146 spent$18,946 earned by the program32% of program spendingHealth and clean air advocacy- through public policy work, awareness campaigns and media advocacy activities, Breathe New Hampshire works to prevent lung disease and provide a much-needed voice for those impacted by lung disease in new hampshire. The organization advocates for environments that ensure healthy breathing for all, provides information, resources and skill-based training to volunteers to build capacity as lung health advocates, partners with a broad range of stakeholders to promote and support evidence-based policies and legislation and engages those impacted by lung disease in planning and implementing public health improvement activities.
$95,851 spent19% of program spendingTobacco & vaping control - Breathe New Hampshire supports evidence-based initiatives aimed at reducing the burden of tobacco use in new hampshire. Breathe New Hampshire is a resource for tobacco use prevention and cessation educational material. The organization works with partners and policy-makers to support tobacco and vaping control policies, to raise community awareness of tobacco and vaping use prevention and control resources, offering technical assistance to schools, businesses and community groups on developing tobacco and vaping free policies and conducting educational and training programs to help people live and stay tobacco-free. Breathe New Hampshire also recognized the increased use of electronic cigarettes among youth and teens in recent years and developed a comprehensive education program focused on preventing youth nicotine addiction.
$205,249 spent40% of program spendingAsthma - through its asthma initiatives, Breathe New Hampshire works to raise public understanding of the disease and increase access to asthma self-management resources and education among day care providers and school personnel to provide a healthy and safe indoor air environment for all children. Through programs such as asthma care for kids, the organization teaches child care providers, teachers, parents and coaches to better understand asthma and take steps to reduce environmental triggers. Breathe New Hampshire is also a member of the new hampshire asthma collaborative, partnering to support a wide range of efforts and policies supportive of asthma control. The organization is a resource for asthma education and information in new hampshire.community health - through education, advocacy, research and partnerships, Breathe New Hampshire involves new hampshire citizens in matters that affect breathing, and ensure that those living with lung disease have the support and resources that they need. The organization utilizes evidence-based strategies such as community mobilization, policy change, social marketing and capacity-building to advance its critical mission. Breathe New…
$49,881 spentof which $500 as grants10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $517,127.
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 2020 to 2021, from $17M to $20M (+21%).
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: 2021 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
36% of BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (51% 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
Maryanne Ferguson
President & CEO
Board chair
Joel Rozen Cpa Cfe
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $20k.
2 of 4 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 BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE’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 NEW HAMPSHIRE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% 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
100% 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 BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 93% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
89% of BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE'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 $13k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from funders outside New Hampshire, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $102k 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
BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE
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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
17%
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 BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE: 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 BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE?
- BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE (New Hampshire) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $115,217 to it, the largest being New Hampshire Charitable Foundation ($102,000). 3 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 BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $115,217 in grants to BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE?
- New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $102,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BREATHE NEW HAMPSHIRE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. 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 4 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