Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC
THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,135,057 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ($182,750). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.6M
- Funders on record
- 56
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What The Breathing Room Foundation Inc does
Mission
The foundation is organized to provide aid and support to individuals and families suffering from the consequences of living with cancer.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Brf's mission is to provide individualized care and support to families affected by cancer by addressing their most critical needs so that they can concentrate their efforts on regaining their physical health. Since its founding in 1997, brf has worked to build a community for support for individuals and families facing the devestating effects of a cancer diagnosis. Founders diane and bernie fitzgerald's vision for brf was sparked by diane's ongoing battle with breast cancer as they parented three young children. Diane and bernie noticed that the tremendous support they received from their large family and tight-knit community did not exist for other families facing the same hurdles, so they founded brf to create that support for others. Since that time, brf, a 501c3 organization, has served over 15,000 cancer patients and 43,000 family members. In this service, brf believes all recipients and volunteers make up one community, one family, fighting cancer together. To that end, brf partners with hospitals and cancer treatment facilities in the philadelphia region to effectively and efficiently meet the needs of cancer patients in our five county service area. Social workers at each…
$1,106,311 spentof which $886,378 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,106,311.
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 2021 to 2022, from $710k to $1.0M (+45%).
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: 2018 1% · 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Mary Ellen Fitzgerald
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $98k → $185k.
16 of 56 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 56 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 BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
53% 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 BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 34% · 2019 22% · 2020 35% · 2021 27% · 2022 25% · 2023 22% — 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
46% of THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
56% of THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $556k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE BREATHING ROOM 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC?
- THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 56 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,135,057 to it, the largest being THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION ($182,750). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 56 organizations giving $1,135,057 in grants to THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $182,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BREATHING ROOM FOUNDATION 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.
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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 56 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