The Brenna Pelerin Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331798632
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, USA
Phone
3133161938
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,250
Expenses
$1,392
Assets
$16,623
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RYAN PELERIN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RYAN PELERIN (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK MANSFIELD (SECRETARY)
  • BRYAN MANSFIELD (TREASURER)

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

The mission of the brenna pelerin foundation is to enhance the mental health and well-being of women mothers in southeastern Michigan. The foundation achieves its mission by assisting women in need through a range of charitable initiatives. Funds will support programs providing mental health resources, including therapy and counseling, for women mothers in southeastern Michigan. These initiatives improve access to care and foster a supportive community for long-term well-being. The foundation exists to empower women to live healthier, more fulfilling lives by addressing mental health challenges and fostering a supportive, compassionate community. The brenna pelerin foundation will engage in fundraising and collaborative efforts to support its mission of enhancing the mental health and well-being or women mother's in southeastern Michigan.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2025, the foundation developed its program strategy to advance its mission, including adopting core governance and compliance policies (e.g., conflict-of-interest, grantmaking criteria), identifying potential partner organizations/beneficiaries, and building an implementation plan for future program support. Ryan pelerin attended a site visit for a henry ford hospital with eugene lovasco (henry ford board member) in south east Michigan to determine whether they could be a potential partner organization.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: 85%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.94; rating input score 69; 69th 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 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 61.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.