Best Buddies International

Legal name: Best Buddies International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521614576
IRS 990-N coverage
2025–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Miami, FL, USA
Phone
305-374-2233 xt. 343
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Promotion of International Understanding

Official website

What the e-Postcard reports

Notice states gross receipts normally $50,000 or less
Yes
Termination reported
No
Principal officer
Jackson Sherman
Tax period began
2025-01-01 00:00:00
Tax period ended
2025-12-31 00:00:00

Source: IRS Form 990-N, tax year 2025. These are filed notice facts, not independently verified current operations. The notice does not report exact revenue, expenses, assets, leadership compensation, or governance controls.

Overview

From its website

Best Buddies International is the world's largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical, and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Through programs in Friendship, Jobs, Leadership Development, Living, and Family Support, the organization creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment, inclusive living, and family support. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Best Buddies operates programs across the United States and in numerous countries worldwide, fostering a global movement of inclusion and empowerment.

IRS classification

Promotion of International Understanding (NTEE Q20).

Filing

Its tax year 2025 Form 990-N states gross receipts are normally $50,000 or less. The notice does not report termination.

Other filing

A Form 990 for tax year 2024 is also available.

Coverage

Other list screening or federal responsibility records are incomplete in the available data.

Sources: Official website capture · IRS Business Master File · IRS Form 990-N · IRS filing history · Grant-readiness source coverage

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

    Details

    • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
    • Postcard: tax year 2025 · gross receipts were within the e-Postcard filing limit
    • Contacts: How to reach this organization
    • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
    • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
    • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
    • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
    • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.