Totals
- Total revenue
- $722,882
- Total expenses
- $955,635
- Contributions and grants received
- $722,881
- Grants paid
- $823,577
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $1
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $507,659
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $54,526
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $453,133
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $931,584
- Management and general expenses
- $21,995
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,056
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $931,584
Program services were 97.5% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$722,881
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$323,282
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3 · Investment income
total $1 · excluded $1
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $823,577 · program services $823,577
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $0
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $45,352 · program services $34,239 · management and general $11,113
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total -$644 · management and general -$644
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $7,746 · management and general $7,746
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $29,348 · program services $27,396 · management and general $1,952
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $8 · management and general $8
-
14 · Information technology
total $2,056 · fundraising $2,056
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $0
-
17 · Travel
total $45,662 · program services $45,576 · management and general $86
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $193 · management and general $193
-
23 · Insurance
total $0
-
24a · Other expenses: Bank Fees
total $2,280 · program services $796 · management and general $1,484
-
24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous
total $49 · management and general $49
-
24c · Other expenses: Interest Paid
total $8 · management and general $8
-
24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $742,981 · end of year $446,695
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $60,851
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$580
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$467
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $306 · end of year $113
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
end of year $0
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
end of year $706
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $57,401 · end of year $53,820
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $685,886 · end of year $453,133
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
Birds for Sofia supports children diagnosed with rare, inheritable diseases from Eastern Europe. We help families with children with rare diseases access medical care, genetic testing, rehabilitation, and equipment not covered by insurance. Since the war in Ukraine, we helped to re-establish medical care and access to housing during medical treatment for a number of Ukrainian families in the USA, who were confirmed through "Uniting for Ukraine" parolees.
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Medical Support Grants - This Program focuses on delivering essential medical equipment, life-saving medical supplies and medications, as well as covers critical medical treatments and rehabilitation services for children with rare diseases who live in Ukraine.
Expenses $520,521 · Grants $412,557
-
Lviv Hospital Rehabilitation Wing - There is currently no pediatric neuromuscular rehabiliation center in Ukraine. We are working to open the first specialized rehab department in Ukraine.
Expenses $135,000 · Grants $135,000
-
Enteral Nutrition Initiative - Our Enteral Nutrition Initiative began as a lifesaving effort to support children in Ukraine with rare diseases who rely ongastrostomy tubes for feeding. Since its launch in February 2024, this emergency response has grown into a broader campaign. Due to the overwhelming demand, we are now working to unite multiple organizations around the world in finding sustainable solutions for delivering critical medical nutrition to Ukraine including both enteral feeding formulas and other specialized dietary products.
Expenses $99,425 · Grants $99,382
-
SMA Program - Our Spinal Muscular Atrophy Program targets cases where treatment cannot be covered by insurance or governmental support, and the need for urgent medical equipment, treatment or crucial rehabilitation courses is demonstrated. In 2025, we expanded the programs scope to include surgical cases requiring urgent intervention. These may involve spinal stabilization, orthopedic corrections, neurological, or gastrointestinal surgeries that are time-sensitive and can significantly enhance mobility, reduce pain, or prevent life-threatening complications that can arise as the disease progresses.
Expenses $86,169 · Grants $86,169
-
Genetic Testing - This Program is designed to give access to full cycle service for symptomatic undiagnosed children from Eastern Europe, where BfS covers a consultation with a geneticist, prescribed genetic tests, their follow-up interpretation, and a treatment roadmap.
Expenses $67,257 · Grants $67,257
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Unbiased Inheritable Disease - We deliver aid to children with ultra-rare, lessknowndiseases by covering high-cost treatments not funded by insurance. We prioritize urgent cases where FDA-approved effective therapy exists and can make a life-changing impact.
Expenses $23,212 · Grants $23,212
As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Sage Hancock
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
-
Nataliya Miller
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Dr James Brewer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Matt Lambert
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Rick Reigle
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
-
Claire Harrison
Operation Manag
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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
- 2025
- Filed
- 27 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202611179349302216
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