Sister-Bear Foundation FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Amarillo, TX501(c)(3)Health CareEIN 85-2461065

Provide access to adaptive fitness and wellness resournces for adults recovering from stroke, spinal cord or brain injury, or other neurologic event to improve their health, functionality and quality of life.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $136K a year · 51% of revenue · last 3 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 3 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Named funders
1
named funder · $50K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
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Revenue
$135K
Net assets
$251K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$135K
FY2021
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$135K
FY2022$127K
FY2023$165K
FY2024$192K
FY2025$437K
Expenses
—
FY2021
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022Not on file
FY2023$90K
FY2024$123K
FY2025$174K
Net assets
$251K
FY2021
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$251K
FY2022$328K
FY2023$404K
FY2024$473K
FY2025$737K

From the FY2021 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 Jul 2021.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

7 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Ruth Brown’s $75K as Director is at the 61st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1980 $100K–1M health care 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.

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Programs and updates

Offers adaptive fitness and wellness to help adults recover from brain injuries and improve their lives.

Provided by the organization

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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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $36K · 2024–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$14,898
Unitemized GrantFY2025$800
Unitemized GrantFY2025$286
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,896
Unitemized GrantFY2024$5,920
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,500

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$135K
Other income$135K
Owns and owes
$251K
net assets
People
7
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$135K
Total revenue$135K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Net assets$251K
Operations
Employees1
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $437K$174K$263K$737K 990 PDF
FY2024 $192K$123K$70K$473K 990 PDF
FY2023 $165K$90K$75K$404K 990 PDF
FY2022 $127K$328K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $135K$251K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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