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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THIS IS MY BRAVE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$471,042
Total expenses
$565,624
Contributions and grants received
$425,415
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$127
Other revenue
$45,500
Total assets, end of year
$352,204
Total liabilities, end of year
$75,458
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$276,746
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$406,673
Management and general expenses
$69,235
Fundraising expenses
$89,716
Program service expenses (Part III)
$406,673

Program services were 71.9% 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

    $425,415

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $127 · excluded $127

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $45,000 · related or exempt $45,000

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $500 · related or exempt $500

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $500

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $75,424 · program services $50,534 · management and general $9,805 · fundraising $15,085

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $164,157 · program services $150,410 · management and general $7,166 · fundraising $6,581

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $19,490 · program services $16,372 · management and general $1,364 · fundraising $1,754

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $18,489 · program services $15,531 · management and general $1,294 · fundraising $1,664

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,753 · fundraising $11,753

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,568 · management and general $36,568

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $101,749 · program services $83,209 · management and general $152 · fundraising $18,388

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,365 · program services $284 · management and general $307 · fundraising $1,774

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $9,009 · program services $5,365 · management and general $1,825 · fundraising $1,819

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $2,670 · program services $721 · management and general $1,629 · fundraising $320

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,162 · management and general $3,162

  • 17 · Travel

    total $34,067 · program services $17,519 · fundraising $16,548

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $2,350 · program services $1,175 · fundraising $1,175

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $210 · management and general $210

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $625 · management and general $625

  • 24a · Other expenses: SHOW EXPENSES

    total $48,171 · program services $44,580 · fundraising $3,591

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $11,995 · program services $1,198 · management and general $5,093 · fundraising $5,704

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATIONS

    total $8,110 · program services $8,110

  • 24d · Other expenses: RESEARCH STUDIES

    total $8,105 · program services $8,105

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,155 · program services $3,560 · management and general $35 · fundraising $3,560

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $112,713 · end of year $60,801

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $234,819 · end of year $284,946

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $78,500 · end of year $5,604

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $325

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $1,053

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $525

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $738 · end of year $528

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $29,619 · end of year $49,065

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $15,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $10,823 · end of year $26,393

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $293,828 · end of year $276,746

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,500 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE MISSION OF THIS IS MY BRAVE, INC. IS TO END THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL ILLNESS BY SHINING A LIGHT ON MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION (SPOKEN WORD POETRY, ORIGINAL MUSIC AND ESSAY READINGS). THIS IS MY BRAVE IS THE LEADING PLATFORM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES OF LIVING SUCCESSFUL LIVES DESPITE A DIAGNOSIS OF A MENTAL ILLNESS TO THE PUBLIC.

Activities or mission (Part I)

END THE STIGMA SURROUNDING MENTAL ILLNESS BY SHARING PERSONAL STORIES OF INDIVIDUALS OVERCOMING MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH POETRY, ESSAY AND ORIGINAL MUSIC, THROUGH STORIES SUBMITTED AND PUBLISHED TO OUR BLOG, AND VIA OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

  • A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS OF TOUCHING ESSAYS, ORIGINAL MUSIC, AND POETRY PERFORMED BY INDIVIDUALS LIVING WITH OR LOVING SOMEONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS.

    Expenses $406,673

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Erin Gallagher

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $75,424
    From this org
    $75,424
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    45
  • Jessica Kennedy

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Ric Waldman

    FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kyaien Conner

    NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tammy George

    ACTING SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Adam Bromberg

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristine Haataja

    BOARD DIRECTOR

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
1 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333189349303283

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