Oregon · Nonprofit
BRILLIANCE LABS
BRILLIANCE LABS (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,760 to it, the largest being The Least of These Ministries Inc ($7,760). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $132k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Brilliance Labs does
Mission
The christ-centered mission of Brilliance Labs is to catalyze innovation and strategic investment for the flourishing of under-resourced and multi-ethnic communities in portland and worldwide (continued on schedule o)supporting new churches, social enterprises, and faith-based ventures that represent and serve them
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
With a focus on blockchain technology we are equipping leaders to serve the global poor who do not have access to banking services or stable currencies. Additionally we provide grants for christian churches and ngo's globally who align with our christian mission and purpose.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Micrograntsthese microgrants carry the legacy of central bible church by funding churches and organizations that are making a difference in our city, especially among those under-resourced or otherwise neglected by majority culture churches and ministries. Grants totalling $73,607 were provided during the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025.Brilliance Labs awarded grants to the following non-profit organizations and churches: we belong pdx sacred spaces pdx (continued on schedule o) sanctuary inn refugee care collective as is church columbia view church (icpdx) house of healing pdx one h.o.p.e. Fellowship the language hospitality project love inc of clackamas county the contingent restoration church
$136,584 spentof which $73,607 as grants73% of program spendingBitcoin in missionsBrilliance Labs educates christian leaders on how to utilize science, technology, and innovation for christian mission and sustainable community development. With a focus on blockchain technology we are equipping leaders to serve the global poor who do not have access to banking services or stable currencies. Additionally, we provide grants for christian churches and ngo's globally who align with our christian mission and purpose.
$33,627 spent$11,384 earned by the program18% of program spendingLocal portland ministrythe organization is involved in a number of ministries to actively supports under-resourced and multiethnic communities through several key leadership and service roles. The organization serves on leadership teams for citywide christian ministries and participates in local pastor gatherings. Additionally, the organization provide pro-bono consulting for churches in the portland metro area and offer informal coaching to small business entrepreneurs and nonprofit organizations from historically marginalized backgrounds.
$9,781 spent5% of program spendingExecutive podcastthe organization is in partnership with multipy pdx (a local church network) that hosts a weekly video podcast interviewing church and ministry leaders from the portland metro area. This podcast serves to educate and encourage local church leaders, and it serves to strength the relationships of the network so that they and Brilliance Labs can be more effective at encouraging collaborative church planting in our city.
$8,252 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $188,244.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $3.1M to $3.4M (+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.
33% of BRILLIANCE LABS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 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
Anthony Hawthorne
President and executive director
Board chair
Christopher Coffee
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of BRILLIANCE LABS’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.
Where its funders are
BRILLIANCE LABS draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state in all.
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.
Against its field
BRILLIANCE LABS's revenue fell 96% between 2022 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BRILLIANCE LABS
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRILLIANCE LABS: 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 BRILLIANCE LABS?
- BRILLIANCE LABS (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $7,760 to it, the largest being The Least of These Ministries Inc ($7,760). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRILLIANCE LABS have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $7,760 in grants to BRILLIANCE LABS.
- Who is the largest funder of BRILLIANCE LABS?
- The Least of These Ministries Inc is the largest funder on record, with $7,760 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRILLIANCE LABS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 1 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