The Brian Dagle Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464821713
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Waterford, CT, USA
Phone
8606255280
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Reported finances

Revenue
$341,397
Expenses
$218,648
Assets
$954,719
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ann Irr Dagle (President)
  • Paul T Dagle (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ann Irr Dagle (President): $60,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Brian Dagle Foundation - anchored in hope and empowered to support, is dedicated to the healing of grieving adults as well as community education on mental health, suicide awareness, and the grieving process.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided the following loss support groups: 1274 attendees in 2025 * Survivors of Suicide Loss: twice a month * Spousal Survivors of Suicide Loss: once a month * Spousal Loss (daytime): twice a month * Spousal Loss (evening): twice a month * Family & Friends Loss: twice a month virtual sessions * Loss to Substances: once a month * Loss, Healing and Hope for Seniors: once a month * Men's Grief: once a month * Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group: twice a month * Bereaved Parents USA: twice a month * Special Events: Yoga for Grief, Mindfulness with Horses, Psychic Medium, Mothers Day Retreat, Therapeutic Art, Group Meditation, Sound Healing 241 Attendees- Provided private individual grief support information and counseling, receive 4-6 phone calls per week.- Hosted Annual "A Time to Remember Service"- Provided Community Suicide Awareness Education to 767 individuals- LAX2LIVE Lacrosse Program: 35 high school and 6 college teams in 2025. Over 3100 student athletes, students, parents and fans reached.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 51
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.9%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 69.2%; rating input score 69; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.37; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.9% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $205K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $60K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.