Breath of Life Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812127760
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Menasha, WI, USA
Phone
9202654726
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,695
Expenses
$73,577
Assets
$220,317
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GERAYLN HARTMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GERAYLN HARTMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • SHERRY EISCH (TREASURER)
  • STEPHANIE WILLEMS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The breath of life foundation is committed to working with the cystic fibrosis centers in green bay, milwaukee and madison to filter funds directly to families who need it. We are working to promote a higher quality of life for those who are battling every day to breathe. We want to help with financial assistance for medications, additional treatments, nutritional supplements, travel, lodging and other ancillary costs that make life even harder to live.

What it reported doing in 2024

Medical expenses. Our foundation provided program services for patients medical expenses that included medical co-pays not covered by traditional health insurance programs, expenses related to nutritional supples and a variety of non-traditional medical expenses associated with maintaining overall health realted to cystic fibrosis.healthy lifestyle. Our foundation provdied program services for patients to maintain a healthy lifestlye in an effort to battle the degenerative effects of chronic lung disease. These program services included sports fees, memberships and various equipment.medical bills sent to collections. Our foundation provided program services for patients who had experienced unpaid bills sent to collections.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.99; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.3% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.