Friends with Brain Injury

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922697371
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,319
Expenses
$1,883
Assets
$1,459

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Emmert Henley (President)
  • Kimberly Garrett (CEO and Support Program Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Emmert Henley (President)
  • Kimberly Garrett (CEO and Support Program Director)
  • Mark Flatt (Education Program Director)

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

We provide health education and support groups free of charge to those affected by Acquired Brain Injuries ABI including survivors caregivers families and friends and healthcare professionals in the field. We have two programs. Our Education Program currently features a compendium of 210 videos on any and every aspect of ABIs including causes symptoms treatments recovery testimonials comorbidities and more. Our video channel has 1.42k subscribers to date and over 20,000 viewers. Our Support Program offers weekly ABI survivor support groups at present. We have two longstanding hour-long weekly groups one meeting at a convenient EST on Mondays the other a convenient PST on Saturdays. 70 unique participants attended at least one Monday group at least 20 of whom attended 10 or more of 42 total sessions offered. 35 unique participants attended at least one Saturday group--launched jan 2026 with 6 attending 10 or more of the 20 total sessions offered.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hosted weekly online support groups for ABI survivors in the EST and expanded our participant reach from PA only to PA and GA. As noted above 70 unique participants attending at least one session 20 participants attending 10 or more of the 42 total EST zone sessions. expenses include percentage of web tech marketing and state fees the latter enabling us to expand reach from 1 to 2 EST states this ABI survivor group is marketed within and where most participants live.

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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.1%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.3%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 41; 41st 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.1% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.