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THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC

THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,710,201 to it, the largest being THE BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION ($647,937). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
24
Grants received
$2.7M
Net assets
$7.2M
12/24 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 96%
01What it does

What The Brashear Association Inc does

Mission

Based on the core belief that everyone deserves a fair shot, the brashear association provides south pittsburgh residents and community groups with access to quality programs and services that address social, education, health, and economic issues.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. To serve the needs of local families and address every-day routines, from work to school to home by building strong organizational and community partnerships, with a goal of sharing information and resources and providing easier access for families to find the services they need.

    $1,130,598 spent$221,601 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,130,598.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.1M) Expenses 100 ($688k) Net assets 100 ($5.1M)2018 Revenue 88 ($966k) Expenses 105 ($724k) Net assets 107 ($5.4M)2019 Revenue 45 ($496k) Expenses 110 ($759k) Net assets 106 ($5.4M)2020 Revenue 58 ($631k) Expenses 112 ($771k) Net assets 102 ($5.1M)2021 Revenue 87 ($946k) Expenses 105 ($719k) Net assets 130 ($6.6M)2022 Revenue 215 ($2.4M) Expenses 139 ($958k) Net assets 151 ($7.6M)2023 Revenue 137 ($1.5M) Expenses 197 ($1.4M) Net assets 156 ($7.9M)2024 Revenue 107 ($1.2M) Expenses 219 ($1.5M) Net assets 152 ($7.7M)2025 Revenue 117 ($1.3M) Expenses 228 ($1.6M) Net assets 143 ($7.2M)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (228)Net assets (143)Peer revenue range

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 $5.4M to $8.0M (+48%).

$5.2M
$5.6M
$5.4M
$5.4M
$8.0M
$7.7M
$8.0M
$7.8M
$7.4M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 7% · 2018 8% · 2019 12% · 2020 9% · 2021 10% · 2024 18% · 2025 71%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

74% of THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$406k
’17
$242k
’18
−$263k
’19
−$139k
’20
$227k
’21
$1.4M
’22
$146k
’23
−$337k
’24
−$286k
’25
1.9
months of
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

Andrea Matthews

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

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Listed191617181716151719
Joined·+4+1+7+0+1+3+2+2
No longer listed·70612400
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $48k → $304k.

4 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 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

THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

27% 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 THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC.

24%
largest funder
53%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 98% · 2018 100% · 2019 56% · 2020 61% · 2021 55% · 2022 24% · 2023 43% — 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

55% of THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

100% of THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.

PA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Pennsylvania out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $524k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−22% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 23%Fundraising 5%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

84%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

PA

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC?
THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,710,201 to it, the largest being THE BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION ($647,937). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $2,710,201 in grants to THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC?
THE BIRMINGHAM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $647,937 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE BRASHEAR ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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