Brave Like Ellie

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841897578
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Waxahachie, TX, USA
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Gift Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,843
Expenses
$93,868
Assets
$4,812

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Johnson (President and Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Johnson (President and Executive Director)
  • Adam Wayne (Treasurer)
  • Bill Floyd (Director of Community Engagement)

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

To provide support comfort and encouragement to children and families affected by pediatric cancer through the distribution of care packages Brave Boxes and related emotional and community support services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided Brave Boxes to families affected by pediatric cancer at any stage of their journey. These care packages include toys activities and hand-selected items designed to encourage bravery inspire joy and provide comfort to children and their families during diagnosis treatment and remission while fostering emotional support and connection throughout their experience.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 13
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13.2%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 13

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 65%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -138.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 88.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13.2% of revenue deployed · 13.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.