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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by BRAIN INFLAMMATION COLLABORATIVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$639,120
Total expenses
$494,792
Contributions and grants received
$635,468
Grants paid
$61,500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$2
Other revenue
$3,650
Total assets, end of year
$232,063
Total liabilities, end of year
$38,154
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$193,909
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$416,694
Management and general expenses
$52,295
Fundraising expenses
$25,803
Program service expenses (Part III)
$416,694

Program services were 84.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $635,468

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $2 · excluded $2

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,650 · excluded $3,650

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,650

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $61,500 · program services $61,500

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $5,885 · management and general $5,885

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,509 · program services $1,045 · management and general $4,464

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,600 · management and general $9,600

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $314,948 · program services $282,193 · management and general $11,284 · fundraising $21,471

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,100 · management and general $4,100

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $533 · management and general $533

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $51,140 · program services $46,598 · management and general $2,562 · fundraising $1,980

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,000 · program services $1,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $24,358 · program services $24,358

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $9,357 · management and general $9,357

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,862 · management and general $4,510 · fundraising $2,352

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $65,135 · end of year $117,969

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,001 · end of year $4,652

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,250 · end of year $63,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,490 · end of year $10,959

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $108,378 · end of year $35,483

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $68,184 · end of year $38,154

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $114,070 · end of year $193,909

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE BRAIN INFLAMMATION COLLABORATIVE'S MISSION IS TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF NEUROINFLAMMATORY ILLNESS THROUGH COORDINATED RESEARCH EFFORTS AS WELL AS THROUGH ADVOCACY, AWARENESS, AND EDUCATION. WE AIM TO ENSURE THAT BRAIN INFLAMMATION IMPACTING MENTAL HEALTH IS PROPERLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO CARRY ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING MORE ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS, IDENTIFYING PREVENTION MODELS, AND DISCOVERING LIFE-CHANGING TREATMENTS, AND EVENTUALLY A CURE, FOR POST-INFECTIOUS NEUROINFLAMMATORY ILLNESS SUCH AS PANDAS; PANS; SYDENHAM CHOREA; BASAL GANGLIA ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALITIS; AUTOIMMUNE MEDIATED OCD, DEPRESSION, ANOREXIA, ANXIETY DISORDERS, TICS, AND TOURETTES; AND POST-COVID INFLAMMATION (COLLECTIVELY, "NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES"); TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IMPACTED BY NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES, INCLUDING BY RAISING AWARENESS OF SUCH ILLNESSES AND ACCOMPANYING SYMPTOMS; AND TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN THE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING RELEVANT RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES WIDELY AVAILABLE TO THE INTERESTED PUBLIC.

  • UNHIDE PROJECT PLATFORM: THE UNHIDE PROJECT OFFERS AN INNOVATIVE RESEARCH PLATFORM THAT WILL BRING BREAKTHROUGHS RELATED TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF NEUROINFLAMMATION ON PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. USING PATIENT INFORMATION, THIS TOOL GENERATES DATA THAT CAN BE USED AND STUDIED BY RESEARCHERS AND CLINICIANS AROUND THE WORLD. WE EXPECT THIS WILL LEAD TO MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT FOR MILLIONS OF PATIENTS.REMOVING COMMON BARRIERS TO RESEARCH: THIS INCLUDES PROTOCOL WRITING ASSISTANCE, IRB NAVIGATION, DATA COLLECTION, DATA ANALYSIS, PATIENT RECRUITING, PUBLICATION WRITING GUIDANCE AS WELL AS SEED GRANTS UPON APPROVAL. THE USE OF THE PLATFORM IS FREE.WE PROVIDE ADVOCACY AND EDUCATION THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND WRITTEN WHITEPAPERS.

    Expenses $416,694 · Grants $61,500

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Christy Jagdfeld

    PRESIDENT & CEO/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    30

  • Cynthia Short

    SECRETARY (BEG JULY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diana Pohlman

    SECRETARY (THRU JUNE)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Julie Milder

    DIRECTOR (BEG MAY)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Heather Korbmacher

    DIRECTOR (THRU MARCH)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
12 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202503219349306315

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