Breech Without Borders is a nonprofit organization dedicated to Breech training, education, and advocacy. We help information cross linguistic, geographic, and knowledge Borders by translating existing material about Breech into multiple languages; supporting Breech research, publication, conferences, lectures, and training workshops; and making information about Breech more accessible and understandable to both health care providers and to the public.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2 volunteers and 1 employee.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $49K a year · 9% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$220K
to officers and key staff · 36% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 36% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4K
1% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 1% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$506K
-19% vs prior year
Spent
$618K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$276K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$506K
FY2025▼ -19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$232K
FY2022$678K
FY2023$678K
FY2024$626K
FY2025$506K
Expenses
$618K
FY2025▼ -1%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$198K
FY2022$494K
FY2023$540K
FY2024$626K
FY2025$618K
Net assets
$276K
FY2025▼ -29%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$65K
FY2022$249K
FY2023$387K
FY2024$388K
FY2025$276K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2018.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $527K Management & general 12% · $72K Fundraising 3% · $19K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

9 people listed on the 990; $220K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$132,317Pt VII · Sec A
$75,938Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$11,590Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rixa Freeze’s $132K as President is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 328 $100K–1M medical research 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Rixa Freeze$132,317$82,911$80,159$68,221$37,628
David Hayes$11,590$81,494$53,959$56,764$32,423
Kristine Lauria$75,938$59,154$31,230$12,431—

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Translates and shares breech birth information globally to improve care and understanding.

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3 programs · $527K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Breech Workshops

We sponsored in-person breech and twin trainings for physicians and midwives in the us and around the world.

$486Kprogram expense
02

Advocacy and Outreach

We produced translations of our materials and online courses in new languages. We also maintained our website and social media pages and produced weekly newsletters.

$31Kprogram expense
03

Online Education

We created and supported several virtual breech training courses for both healthcare professionals and parents, created new educational breech videos.

$11Kprogram expense

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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$506K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$451K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$47K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Money outPt IX
$618K
Ln 25
Programscol B$527K
Managementcol C$72K
Fundraisingcol D$19K
Owns and owesPt X
$276K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$279K
Total assetsLn 16$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
PeoplePt VI, VII
9
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$47K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$451K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Total revenueLn 12$506K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$279K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$279K
Total assetsLn 16$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$4K
Net assetsLn 32$276K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51
VolunteersI 62
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$391K$279K
Total assetsLn 16$391K$279K
LiabilitiesLn 26$3K$4K
Net assetsLn 32$388K$276K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1K$1K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$220K$187K$22K$11K
Payroll taxesLn 10$10K$9K$1K$506
Accounting feesLn 11c$900$0$900$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$155K$132K$15K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$92K$74K$18K$0
Information technologyLn 14$566$453$85$28
OccupancyLn 16$146$124$15$7
TravelLn 17$30K$30K$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K$0$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$102K$92K$10K$0
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$480$4K$239
Total functional expensesLn 25$618K$527K$72K$19K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $506K$618K−$112K$276K 990 PDF
FY2024 $626K$626K$260$388K 990 PDF
FY2023 $678K$540K$138K$387K 990 PDF
FY2022 $678K$494K$185K$249K 990 PDF
FY2021 $232K$198K$35K$65K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $506,494 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $75,427$47,325
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $558,811$451,256
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,485$9,266
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$9,540−$1,353
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $626,183$506,494
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $52$1,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $229,944$229,968
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $395,927$387,347
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $625,923$618,315
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $260−$111,821
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $506,494 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$1,353 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,250
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$46,075
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$47,325
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$451,256
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$9,266
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $459,169 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$506,494
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $618,315 across 12 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,000$1,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $186,868 · Management $21,985 · Fundraising $10,992$219,845
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $8,605 · Management $1,012 · Fundraising $506$10,123
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $900 · Fundraising $0$900
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $132,436 · Management $15,210 · Fundraising $7,605$155,251
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $73,706 · Management $18,426 · Fundraising $0$92,132
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $453 · Management $85 · Fundraising $28$566
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $124 · Management $15 · Fundraising $7$146
IX-17 TravelPrograms $29,530 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$29,530
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,488 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,488
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $91,603 · Management $9,936 · Fundraising $0$101,539
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $480 · Management $4,076 · Fundraising $239$4,795
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $527,293 · Management $71,645 · Fundraising $19,377$618,315
Part X · Balance sheet $279,432 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $390,596$279,432
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $390,596$279,432
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,910$3,567
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,910$3,567
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $387,686$275,865
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $387,686$275,865
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $390,596$279,432
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $275,865 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$506,494
XI-2 Total expenses$618,315
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$111,821
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$387,686
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$275,865

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