The Brave Warrior Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815217156
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Wenatchee, WA, USA
Phone
5098880902
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,775,495
Expenses
$479,212
Assets
$1,932,212
Liabilities
$2,764

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRENDA BAUMEISTER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ERICA MOSHE (EXECUTIVE DI): $71,163 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating barriers for families with children that have developmental disorders, chronic health care needs, and cancer in our pacific northwest small town communities. We do this by providing access to resources, parent education, development of programs that encourage play, socialization, support systems, and community collaboration with entities that put our children's needs first.

What it reported doing in 2024

Meaningful friendships have a huge impact on the quality of our lives. However it does not come easy for all kids in the social groups at the brave warrior project we strive to help kids gain social awareness and understand social cues, gain self-confidence and increase social interaction, and to increase effective communication and conflict resolution skills. All of this will assist our children in creating lasting bonds and friendships thoughout their lives as well as at home and school using evidence based practice, through structure games, unstructed play, role-playing, videos, and more. Our goal is to allow kids to gain these skills through fun. Groups are run twice per week for a total of 8 sessions with the group size kept at 5 kids.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 64% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 41
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.9%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $66.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 73%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.03; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 50.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.9% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $317K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $71K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.