Breannas Gift
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our Mission is bringing smiles to the faces of children with cancer and other serious illnesses through the magic of the arts.
- Income
- $87,492
- Spending
- $152,005
- Reserves
- 4.5 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $22,646, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 57 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, under $250k).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 4.5 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 74% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $39,538 spent. Art Takeout is a collection of 8 unique art projects created by Breannas Gift instructors for children unable to leave their hospital rooms. This initiative has brought joy to 2,295 children across the United States.
- $32,787 spent. Breannas Gift provides in-person classes in visual arts dance music led by professional teaching artists to hospitalized children with cancer and other diseases at Twin Cities hospitals like Childrens Minesota in Minneapolis and Gillette Childrens Hospital in St. Paul. Breannas Gift programs are free to children their families and to the facilities we serve.
- $2,609 spent. Art Take2 videos reaching over 440 children nationwide provide a unique way to connect children with the arts through visual content and accompanying supplies. Conceived by our Founder and Program Director Marsha Ovitz at the start of the pandemic these videos are skillfully created and filmed by our teaching artists. A total of twenty videos have been produced since May 2020 and are being distributed to children facing cancer and other hospitalized children nationwide.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2008.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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