The Bradenton Blue Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824912048
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Bradenton, FL, USA
Phone
9419329349
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,425
Expenses
$66,403
Assets
$258,142
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN MCGONAGLE (PRESIDENT)
  • ROSS HODGES (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LOU MERUCCI (BOARD MEMBER)
  • BETSY LIEBERMAN (TREASURER)
  • STEPHEN MCGONAGLE (PRESIDENT)

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 support, assist in performing services, provide financial support, promote public awareness, sponsor community outreach initiatives to improve public health and safety and improve neighborhoods served by the city of bradenton police department, improve officer safety including wellness and training, foster community support for the community outreach and public safety initiatives promoted by bradenton police department, to provide for bradenton police department personnel impacted by catastrophic occurence and perform the corporation's charitable activites under 501(c)(3) of the code.

What it reported doing in 2025

Autism awareness and training funding was provided to better serve individuals with autism. A training event was held offering classes for law enforcement agencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 49%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 68.8%; rating input score 69

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: 28.9%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.89; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 49% of revenue deployed · 68.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.