Form 990 for tax year 2023

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 25 November 2024. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue

$1,477,984

Total expenses

$1,235,863

Contributions and grants received

$1,459,932

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$18,052

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$1,826,072

Total liabilities, end of year

$11,070

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,815,002

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,079,532

Management and general expenses

$47,893

Fundraising expenses

$108,438

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,079,532

Program services were 87.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• BRL'S GROUP HOME FOR TEEN BOYS - ONE GOAL FOR GROUP HOME RESIDENTS IS TO EXPERIENCE NORMALCY/STABILITY IN THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT, ONLY LEAVING FOR POSITIVE REASONS SUCH AS REUNIFICATION, ADOPTION, TRANSITION TO ADULT LIVING. OUR GOAL IS THAT AT LEAST 75% EXPERIENCE SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGES OR REMAIN PLACED AT BRL. WE HAVE EXCEEDED THIS GOAL FOR MANY YEARS. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023, 94% (16 OUT OF 17) OF RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED SUCCESSFUL DISCHARGE OR REMAINED AT THE LODGE. AN ADDITIONAL GOAL IS FOR THE BOYS TO INCREASE THEIR ABILITY TO REGULATE THEIR EMOTIONS. WE HAVE BEEN MEASURING THIS OUTCOME SINCE 2021 AND CLOSE TO 70% OF THE BOYS BRL HAS WORKED WITH HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS DURING THAT TIME. NOT SURPRISINGLY, THE LONGER A YOUNG MAN IS PLACED AT BRL'S GROUP HOME, THE BETTER HIS ABILITY TO REGULATE HIS EMOTIONS BECOME. BRL PLACES HIGH IMPORTANCE ON EDUCATION. DURING THE 2023-2024 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, 100% OF RESIDENTS THAT BEGAN AND ENDED THE YEAR AT BRL PASSED 100% OF THEIR CORE ACADEMIC CLASSES.

  Expenses $874,835

• PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AFTERCARE PROGRAM. YOUTH TRANSITIONING OUT OF FOSTER CARE ARE KNOWN TO EXPERIENCE DISTURBINGLY HIGH RATES OF HOMELESSNESS, INCARCERATION, EARLY PARENTING, POOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT. BRLS AFTERCARE PROGRAM LOWERS THESE RISKS BY SUPPORTING TWO TYPES OF FORMER RESIDENTS: YOUNG MEN LIVING AS ADULTS AFTER AGING OUT OF CARE AND YOUTH REUNIFIED WITH FAMILY. OUR AFTERCARE SPECIALIST SUPPORTS YOUNG MEN TO BE RESPONSIBLE AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. IN WORKING WITH REUNIFIED FAMILIES, WE SUPPORT, COACH, & TRAIN PARENTS, PREPARE FAMILIES FOR REUNIFICATION, AND FOLLOW UP AFTER. FOR YOUTH LIVING AS ADULTS, AFTERCARE SERVES A ROLE LIKE THAT OF PARENTING AN ADULT CHILD GUIDING,SUPPORTING, GIVING HOLIDAY GIFTS, AND MAKING CONNECTIONS FOR EDUCATION AND CAREER SUCCESS. THIRTEEN (13) INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM IN 2023 INCLUDING FORMER GROUP HOME RESIDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS/CAREGIVERS OF THOSE FORMER RESIDENTS. IN 2023, AFTERCARE SUPPORTED PRIMARILY FORMER RESIDENTS LIVING INDEPENDENTLY BY PROVIDING REGULAR, PROACTIVE OUTREACH BY PHONE AND IMMEDIATE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT (BOTH TANGIBLE AND EMOTIONAL). IN SUPPORT OF POTENTIAL REUNIFICATION, SERVICES INCLUDED MONITORING FAMILY VISITS, COACHING PARENTS IN BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPING WORKING RELATIONSHIPS TO BUILD CONNECTION FOR SUPPORT AFTER REUNIFICATION. FROM THE SMALL DATA SET PROVIDING OUTCOMES INFORMATION, WE KNOW THAT NO AFTERCARE CLIENTS HAVE RE-ENTERED THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM. ONLY ONE HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT LAW ENFORCEMENT INVOLVEMENT AND ONLY ONE HAS STRUGGLED WITH MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE WHO HAVE MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH BRL VIA AFTERCARE HAVE DEMONSTRATED SUCCESS IN AVOIDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT AND MAINTAINING STABLE HOUSING AS WELL AS OTHER POSITIVE OUTCOMES SUCH AS MILITARY SERVICE AND ENROLLMENT IN POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION.

• INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM (ILP) SEPTEMBER 2023, THE FIRST ILP RESIDENT MOVED IN, FOLLOWED BY THE SECOND RESIDENT IN NOVEMBER 2023. WITHIN 30 DAYS, EACH HAD OBTAINED A FULL-TIME JOB OR ARRIVED WITH A JOB SECURED ALREADY. BY JANUARY 2024, BOTH RESIDENTS WERE CONTRIBUTING TOWARDS THEIR LIVING EXPENSES. WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, ONE RESIDENT WAS CONSIDERING COLLEGES TO APPLY TO AND THE SECOND WAS WORKING TOWARD A LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE THAT WOULD ENABLE HIM TO BE FREE OF SOCIAL SERVICES BY THE END OF 2024.

  Expenses $50,345

• OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE HAVEN AND COUNSELING IN A THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT FOR BOYS WHO ARE IN NEED OF PROTECTION, DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION, IN A MANNER THAT NUTURES THE CHILD, STRENGTHENS FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS AND ALLOWS THE COMMUNITY TO CARE FOR THEIR OWN.

  Expenses $154,352

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

2023

Filed

18 December 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202403539349300620

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