Maryland · Nonprofit
BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER
BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER (Maryland) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,381,028 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($504,205). 25 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 FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $670k
What Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer does
Mission
Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer champions early detection of breast cancer to improve health outcomes for all through innovation, education, equitable access, and targeted advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Educational outreach programs provide breast health education and teach the value of early detection of breast cancer. The core curriculum is centered on risk based-screening, with a focus on individual risk factors, correlated screening options, and self-advocacy. Brems education programs emphasize a personalized approach because when it comes to breast screening there is no one-size-fits-all. Brems programs are packed with essential breast health content which empower women to get the care they need. Brem reaches people from all socio-economic backgrounds by offering its educational programs through many different partners including, but not limited to, community groups, religious institutions, and corporations. Brem offers in person, live webinar, and digital education.
$590,471 spent66% of program spendingB-fund - brem's b-fund pays for breast screening and diagnostic tests for patients who are medically underserved. The brem foundation partners with nonprofits and providers to identify recipients for b-fund support in low-income communities who can not afford care. With brem funding, providers perform b-fund diagnostic tests as soon as possible after an abnormal screening. This program ensures that a patient's ability to pay does not determine whether she can get a timely breast cancer diagnosis.
$193,550 spentof which $180,000 as grants22% of program spendingWheels for women offers free transportation to and from breast screening and diagnostic breast exams, ensuring that patients have access to vital breast care. Since launching the program in may 2019, wheels for women has provided over 4,900 rides to lifesaving care.
$54,312 spent6% of program spendingBrem advocates to open access to breast screenings and diagnostics for all regardless of socioeconomic background. Brem collaborates with non-profit, corporate, and community partners involved in mission-aligned efforts and supports legislation impacting womens health and cancer reduction efforts. Brem fights for increased access to screening across the country; to eliminate burdensome out-of-pocket costs for screening diagnostic breast exams; and to ensure that women 40 and over have access to free mammography services that could save their lives. We use our voice in the media to serve as a thought leader on the benefits of early breast cancer detection and work strategically in coalition with like-minded organizations to achieve our vision of a world where women are screened properly, on time every time.
$53,166 spent6% of program spendingRe-bra is a community-led bra donation program which creates a unique opportunity to deliver essential breast health resources to underserved communities. The program offers an innovative and easy way to donate new and gently used bras to populations operating without a safety net. Each re-bra is tagged (in english and spanish), with breast health information and local resources to get free and low-cost mammograms, and donated through the brem foundations network of community partners.
$6,699 spent1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $898,198.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $742k to $656k (−12%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
104% of BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Clare Dougherty
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $142k → $451k.
14 of 43 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 BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 funders by total. 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
BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
77% 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 BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 27% · 2019 41% · 2020 31% · 2021 45% · 2022 37% · 2023 28% — 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
40% of BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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 BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER'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 $1.0M that is directly attributable, 61% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 9 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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 BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER: 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 BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER?
- BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER (Maryland) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,381,028 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($504,205). 25 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 BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $2,381,028 in grants to BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $504,205 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BREM FOUNDATION TO DEFEAT BREAST CANCER 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.
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 43 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