Foundation for Brain Science and Immunology Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463067699
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Mooresville, NC, USA
Phone
7046558989
Rating
96
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Disorders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,573
Expenses
$203,471
Assets
$119,272

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KEITH MOORE (DIRECTOR, TR)
  • SUSAN BOAZ (EXEC DIRECTO)
  • DAVID BRICK (DIRECTOR, PR)

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 advance the understanding and treatment of neurocognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders, with a specific emphasis on how the immune response to infections and environmental factors impact the brain. By exploring the intersection of multiple interrelated disciplines (e.g., immunology, neurology, and psychiatry), we aim to uncover novel pathways for intervention, fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals to enhance patient care and outcomes.

What it reported doing in 2025

1) ppn provided educational resources and clinician support at 4 major conferences 2) ppn published research webinars on ground breaking research 3) ppn expanded our website coverage for multiple languages 4) ppn held cme webinar for helping physicians navigate insurance 5) ppn sponsored research at stanford for identifying biomarkers for pans/pandas

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 48% for direct work, and 52% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $203K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.