Maryland · Nonprofit
BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC
BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $808,840 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($517,808). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $457k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $809k
- Net assets
- $683k
What Brigance Brigade Foundation Inc does
Mission
The mission of the brigance brigade foundation is to equip, encourage and empower people living with als (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); we strive to improve the quality of life for them and their families by providing needed equipment, resource guidance and support services.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The brigance brigade foundation provides resources for people who are caring for a family member or friend who has been diagnosed with als through chanda's caregiver corner. The foundation partnered with a yoga instructor to develop caregiver focused mindful movement videos which are available on its website. These videos are intended to promote the pillars of chanda's caregiver corner, which will help to improve the health and well-being of caregivers in our community. The co-founder of the foundation has written several childrens books in a collection called chan is a caregiver. A portion of the proceeds from these books are donated to the foundation to support chanda's caregiver corner.
$55,204 spent18% of program spendingThe foundation provides resources and grants to a number of families to assist with their request to enhance their family member's quality of life. The grants provide funds for various items including the purchase of communication devices which allows the als patient to continue to communicate with others, in-home health care so a family can gain back some financial stability and minor home improvements that provide handicapped accessability. A total of 20 grants were awarded to persons living with als with most of the receipients receiving $5,000 each.
$217,628 spentof which $97,529 as grants71% of program spendingThe foundation held a back to school drive requesting donations to be used to purchase school supplies for the children of pals (people living with als).
$35,101 spentof which $1,588 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $307,933.
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 2017 to 2018, from $565k to $720k (+28%).
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 5% · 2021 8% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $119k → $97k.
5 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION 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
BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
91% 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 BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 68% · 2019 51% · 2020 74% · 2021 76% · 2022 58% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“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
21% of BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
73% of BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION 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 $218k that is directly attributable, 53% of it comes from funders outside Maryland, across 13 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $591k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION 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
60% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC?
- BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC (Maryland) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $808,840 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($517,808). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $808,840 in grants to BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $517,808 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIGANCE BRIGADE FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 30 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