Public Charity

JAMES KIRK BERNARD FOUNDATION C/O SALLIE BERNARD

JAMES KIRK BERNARD FOUNDATION C/O SALLIE BERNARD is a Public Charity headquartered in BASALT, CO. Financial data from the 2023 filing: $22K revenue, $44K expenses. 7 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $633K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 271791881 BASALT, CO Fund Raising & Fund Distribution NTEE: P12 Latest filing: 2023
Total Revenue$22K
Total Expenses$44K
Grant Records7
Funding Total$633K
Filing Years2019–2023

Mission

THE JAMES KIRK BERNARD FOUNDATION PROMOTES THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN THE AREAS OF SUICIDE AND HEALTH; PROVIDES ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND SERVICES TO THOSE AFFECTED BY SUICIDE; ADVANCES THE CREATIVE LEGACIES OF DECEASED ARTISTS AND FOSTERS CONNECTION AND CONTRIBUTION OF LIVING ARTISTS, PROVIDES SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO BARD COLLEGE, IN NEW YORK, IN PARTICULAR TO PROGRAMS SUCH AS MENTAL HEALTH AND SUICIDE AWARENESS, THE ARTS, SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS, FACULTY AND/OR FACILITY SUPPORT; COLLABORATES WITH OTHER CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE MISSION AND PURPOSES ARE IN LINE WITH THE FOUNDATION; AND FOR ANY OTHER CHARITIBABLE PURPOSE CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE FOUNDATION'S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.

Where $100 goes at James Kirk Bernard Foundation C/O Sallie Bernard

How James Kirk Bernard Foundation C/O Sallie Bernard divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$88 Programs the work itself
$12 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $88 for programs

$76
Suicide supports and services primarily provides grants to organizations supporting mental health and suicide prevention services
86% of program spending
$6
Poba, where the arts live, the creative works of those whose written, visual, and musical art has not been made available to the public during people's lifetime and…
7% of program spending
$6
Suicide science and research supports scientific inquiry (and publication) into the bio-environmental contributors to suicide risk and dissemination of findings through the foundation's website, social media, and enewsletter
About 7% (cost not reported)
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2023. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2023
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,000
2020
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$25,000
2020
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$10,000
2019
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$70,250
2018
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$110,000

Showing up to 5 of 7 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Brad Stevenson
DIRECTOR Brett Robinson
EXECUTIVE DIR / VICE PRES Elizabeth Bell
DIRECTOR Fred Bernard
DIRECTOR Lorann Stallones
PRESIDENT Sallie Bernard

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$632,750 7 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2023 $22K $44K —
2022 $24K $51K $22K
2021 $44K $108K $50K
2020 $162K $98K $113K
2019 $128K $97K $48K

Between 2019 and 2023, reported annual revenue declined from $128K to $22K (-83%).

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