Bmr Foundation C/o Brian Brockway

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
341487943
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Burton, OH, USA
Phone
4404786449
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$72,325
Expenses
$22,625
Assets
$209,402

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL A NEWMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL A NEWMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN BROCKWAY (TREASURER)
  • CARL HOFSTETTER (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide funding for geauga county charitable organizations and projects grant scholarship for advanced vocational or college education.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grant paid to family & community services for "next step" youth shelter amount paid 5,000 grant paid to red tulip project-women's home shelter efforts amount paid 5,000 grant paid to geauga county library foundation-dolly parton imagination library program amount paid 2,500 grant paid to foundation for geauga parks-naturescopes childrens education program amount paid 2,500 grant paid to geauga county sheriff's department k-9 unit-police dog training amount paid 2,500 grant paid to kent state university foundation-endowment fund for nursing program amount paid 1,500

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.6%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 68.7%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.26; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.6% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.