Inner Fire INC FY2024 filing

Brookline, VT · Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Since 2012 · Mental Health

✓ Tax-deductible
Revenue
$479K
-61% vs prior year
Spent
$688K
To programs
90%
Net assets
$1.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$479K
FY2024▼ -61%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$616K
FY2021$706K
FY2022$769K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$479K
FY2025$1.7M
Expenses
$688K
FY2024▼ -8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$568K
FY2021$726K
FY2022$711K
FY2023$750K
FY2024$688K
FY2025$842K
Net assets
$1.2M
FY2024▼ -14%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$783K
FY2021$909K
FY2022$966K
FY2023$1.4M
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$2.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Status and standing

Is it real, and can you give to it?

Tax-deductible?
Yes
Per the IRS master file.
Can I give now?
No revocation on IRS record
Not on the IRS revocation list.
Filing up to date?
Yes — filed FY2025
Legal name (IRS)Hdr · item CInner Fire INC
EINHdr · item D46-1542395
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
Ruling yearIRS BMFSep 2014
Year of formationHdr · item L2012
Latest filingForm 990FY2025 · Form 990
Principal addressHdr · item CBrookline, VT
NTEE classificationIRS BMFMental Health (F30)
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.innerfire.us

Where the money goes

What each dollar paid for.

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.90 Management & general $0.10
Program services90%$623K
Management & general10%$65K
Total functional expensesLn 25$688K

Financial health

Is it on solid ground?

Program efficiency
90%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
3.0mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-44%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2024 · Form 990
Total assets
$1.8M
FY2024▲ +23%
Total assets by fiscal year
FY2020$882K
FY2021$941K
FY2022$980K
FY2023$1.5M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$2.1M
Total liabilities
$548K
FY2024▲ ×95
Total liabilities by fiscal year
FY2020$99K
FY2021$32K
FY2022$14K
FY2023$6K
FY2024$548K
FY2025$6K
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$209K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$1.8M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B90%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 36
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 46

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$173K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
Total liabilitiesLn 26$548K
Total net assetsLn 32$1.2M
Months of cash on handcomputed3.0

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$275K · 57%
Program service revenue$205K · 43%
Contributions & grants57%$275K
Program service revenue43%$205K
Other revenue$38
— government grantsLn 1e$5K
Total revenueLn 12$479K

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2024 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $173K · Operating expenses/yr $688K
3.0 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $623K · Total expenses $688K
90%
Management & General
Management & general $65K · Total expenses $688K
10%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $688K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense (3-yr avg) $0 · Solicited contributions (3-yr avg) $305K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $275K · Total revenue $479K
57%
Government reliance
Government grants $5K · Total revenue $479K
1%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $205K · Total revenue $479K
43%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $479K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $205K · Total expenses $688K
30%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $479K · Prior year $1.2M
-61%
Revenue CAGR
FY2020 $616K · FY2024 $479K
-6%
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $1.2M · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $479K · Expenses $688K
-44%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $1.8M
—
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $1.2M · Total assets $1.8M
69%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) — · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) — · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $1.8M
Excludes program-related investments (Pt X, ln 13)
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Beatrice Birch · Reported title PRESIDENT · Highest reported compensation $19K · Total expenses $688K
3%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $411K · Total expenses $688K
60%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 90%——
Overhead ratio 10%——
Fundraising cost ratio 0%——
Revenue growth -61%——
Accounting fee ratio 0.8%——

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Leadership and pay

Who runs it, and what are they paid?

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$18,725Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Beatrice Birch’s $19K as President is at the 10th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2095 $100K–1M mental health nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tomasz Jankowski———$69,020—
Laura Young————$51,350
Beatrice Birch$18,725$45,760$45,760$45,760—
Beatrice Birch————$44,720
Zachary Holmes————$24,740
Joyce Reilly————$22,366
Joyce St Jean————$20,455

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Governance & Policies

Part VI
  • 6Voting board membersPt VI · Ln 1a
  • 6Independent board membersPt VI · Ln 1b
  • Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
  • Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
  • Top official’s pay independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aYes
  • Family or business ties among leadersPt VI · Ln 2Yes

Mission and programs

What it does.

Provides residential healing for trauma recovery without psychiatric medication.

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Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

2 program services account for $623K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

We continued to operate our core residential therapeutic services throughout 2024, but delayed admissions for a four-month period in the second half of the year in order to conduct building improvements that would have been disruptive to operations and to allow extensive staff training and team-building activities.

$623Kprogram expense
02

We were able to achieve significant fund-raising in 2024, at very low expense, allowing expanded financial aid to program attendees and continued development of the inner fire campus, including renovation of the cottage property previously donated, and purchase of the brookline land and buildings previously leased, at both a price and…

Pt IX · col B

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$90K

Filing history

Every return on file.

YearRevenueExpensesChangeFiling
FY2025 Latest $1.7M$842K+251% 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $479K$688K-61% 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$750K+60% 990 PDF
FY2022 $769K$711K+9% 990 PDF
FY2021 $706K$726K+15% 990 PDF
FY2020 $616K$568K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Sources

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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2024IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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