Blazing River Arts Group Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475584491
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Lakewood, OH, USA
Phone
6146238324
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Music Groups, Bands, Ensembles

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$86,049
Expenses
$58,633
Assets
$92,771

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRAD SPECK (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES CORDLE (TREASURER)
  • BRAD SPECK (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM LEGARE (VICE PRESIDE)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The cleveland pride band creates an authentic space for lgbtq+ and allied musicians to promote community, visibility, education and engagement through music performance. We welcome musicians of all skill levels, ages, and identities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cleveland pride band provides a marching band each summer for the cleveland pride festival in june with close to 100 memberas and preforming for the thousand of people in attendance for the parade and festival. Members gain education through rehearsing and working with qualified staff on musicianship and parade marching. The marching also serves as a tool for community outreach for the lgbt community while providing entertainment and education on lgbt culture and music for audience members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.9%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.