The Blake Barklage Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920533902
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Doylestown, PA, USA
Phone
2013445471
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$216,124
Expenses
$261,775
Assets
$41,885
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Alison Barklage (President/Treas)

People named in this filing

  • Thomas Barklage (Secretary)
  • Alison Barklage (President/Treas)

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

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

Overview

Mission

To enhance the lives of children and families confronting cardiac challenges by actively engaging in the prevention, treatment, and research of sudden cardiac arrest in children and teens.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Blake Barklage Foundation made the following contributions during the year:*A total of $175,500 was donated throughout 2025 to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which specifically supported three initiatives: (1) The Blake Barklage Fund for Cardiac Social Work, which provides financial assistance to inpatient and outpatient families identified by CHOP cardiac social workers as being in need, (2) The Blake Barklage Fund for Youth Heart Watch, which supports the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest in children and adolescents by providing cardiac screenings, donating AEDs to schools in need, and developing emergency response programs, and (3) The Blake Barklage Fund for Heart Camp, which provides pediatric heart or lung tranplant patients or those with pulmonary hypertension the opportunity to experience joy, freedom, and friendship during a week-long overnight camp set in a safe and supportive environment. *In April 2025, the Blake Barklage Foundation awarded a $500 academic scholarship to a volunteer student from LaSalle University High School who exhibited exceptional dedication and impact at Triest Hall, a 24-hour residential facility for adults coping with complications from neurodevelopmental disorders. *In June 2025, $70,000 was donated to The Brothers of Charity to fund the installation of a new elevator at Triest Hall which allows aging residents safe and reliable access to all floors, significantly enhancing their independence and quality of life. *In October 2025, a $5,000 donation was made to St. Mark's Church to provide Back-to-School necessities for children in the Frankford community in Philadelphia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 88% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.8%; rating input score 98; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 45.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -41.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $251K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.