Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
To transform the lives of disadvantaged children & young people with physical deformities caused by birth defects, accidents, abuse, or disease through reconstructive plastic surgery and related medical services.
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts at a glance
- Total assets
- $5,865,922
- -4.2% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $3,847,407
- -14.9% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $108,425
- +56.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $4,449,716
- +15.8% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Fresh Start Surgical Gifts funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
2 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $100–250K range: 1 grant of 2 (50%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Fresh Start Surgical Gifts gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2020 to 2023 (−12%). Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $100K (2019) to $292K (2022). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $175K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Start Caring for Kids Foundation Carlsbad, CA | To Support Expansion Project. | $175,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,865,922 | $3,847,407 | $4,449,716 | — | — | $108,425 |
| 2024 | $6,122,221 | $4,520,840 | $3,842,225 | — | — | $69,109 |
| 2023 | $5,232,772 | $3,679,196 | $2,947,766 | $175,000 | 1 | $80,652 |
| 2022 | $4,142,027 | $2,814,003 | $2,680,616 | $292,402 | 1 | $40,467 |
| 2021 | $4,471,231 | $3,814,320 | $2,202,902 | — | — | $47,354 |
| 2020 | $2,596,013 | $3,261,795 | $2,237,827 | $200,000 | 1 | $16,473 |
| 2019 | $1,351,139 | $1,870,792 | $2,019,529 | $100,000 | 1 | $21,590 |
About Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
Based on IRS filings
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts is a public charity, based in Carlsbad, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $5.9M in total assets. Net investment income was $108K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts is led by Shari Brasher, CEO since 2025 (on filings since 2019); 4 of 16 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Shari Brasher
CEO
Executive Director & CEO → CEO, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$247K (2019) → $427K (2025)
Maggie Shoecraft
President
Director → Vice President, 2023
Vice President → President, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Jill M. Granquist
Director of Specialty Clinics
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$111K (2025)
Michael Brucker MD
Director
President → Immediate Past President, 2021
Immediate Past President → Director, 2022
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Frank Fazio
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tyson Simon
Director
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Temple Zander PhD
Director
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Christine Willis
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Joe Johnshon
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Tom Cavallo
Director
New on the 2025 filing
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Margaret S. Phelan
CFO
Director of Operations → Treasurer, 2023
Treasurer → CFO, 2024
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$103K (2019) → $204K (2025)
Michelle R. Pius Dorosewicz
Chief Development Officer
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$303K (2025)
Jeremy Hirshberg
Immediate Past President
Vice President → President, 2023
President → Immediate Past President, 2025
On filings since 2019
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Traci C. Holley
Treasurer
Director → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Alex Shahabe
Secretary
Director → Secretary, 2025
On filings since 2021
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Anthony Arnold
Vice President
Director → Vice President, 2025
On filings since 2022
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (12)
- Former: Celene Nigro (2019–2024) — Medical Program Director
- Former: Ian Sells (2019–2024) — Director
- Former: Michelle Pius (2019–2024) — Chief Development Officer
- Former: Tommy Reynolds (2019–2024) — Secretary
- Former: Utica Gray (2021–2024) — Officer
- Former: Jeff Umansky (2023–2024) — Immediate Past President
- Former: Erik Moore (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Jeffrey Umansky MD (2019–2022) — President
- Former: Robert Lake (2019–2022) — Treasurer
- Former: Sue Carr (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Bob Byron (2019) — Development Committee
- Former: Greg Ostrow MD (2019) — Medical Director
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $427K, to Shari Brasher (CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Fresh Start Surgical Gifts
How large is Fresh Start Surgical Gifts?
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts reported $5.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.8M.
Where does Fresh Start Surgical Gifts operate?
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts has awarded grants in California.
What is Fresh Start Surgical Gifts's EIN?
Fresh Start Surgical Gifts's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0460177. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(5)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 4, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 16, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS January 12, 2023)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS June 12, 2024)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025
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