California · Nonprofit
BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING
BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $194,600 to it, the largest being SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ($139,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $904k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $195k
- Net assets
- $275k
What Brother 2 Brother Mentoring does
Mission
Brother 2 Brother Mentoring Inc. provides mentoring academic support life skills development and positive male role model engagement to at-risk and underserved young men ages 8-18 in the Sacramento California area. Our mission is to empower young men to reach their full potential make positive life choices and become productive members of their communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Brother 2 Brother Mentoring provided comprehensive mentoring services to at-risk young men ages 8-18 in the Sacramento metropolitan area during 2025. Program activities included one-on-one and group mentoring sessions academic tutoring and homework support character development workshops financial literacy education and college and career readiness programming. Services were delivered under a grant agreement with the City of Sacramento. The organization served youth from underserved communities throughout the Sacramento area focusing on positive male role model engagement and youth empowerment.
$505,829 spent100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $505,829.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3k to $275k (+8968%).
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: 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 67%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Mervin Brookins
Chief Executive Officer and Secretary
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $36k → $151k.
From the IRS filings of BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING’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
BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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 BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 68% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,734 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,734 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING
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 California
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
100%
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 BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING: 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 BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING?
- BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $194,600 to it, the largest being SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ($139,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $194,600 in grants to BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING?
- SIERRA HEALTH FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGEMENT is the largest funder on record, with $139,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BROTHER 2 BROTHER MENTORING find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing