Brigade of the American Revolution
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237055633
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Mansfield, CT, USA
- Phone
- 8604160084
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $62,984
- Expenses
- $76,491
- Assets
- $151,414
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN LOPEZ (PRESIDENT)
- HENRY COOK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS DELUCCO III (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOHN LOPEZ (PRESIDENT)
- HENRY COOK (VICE PRESIDENT)
- GERALD HODGKINS (TREASURER)
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
To provide educational services pertaining to the events of the american revolution through the use of living history events, seminars, and educational materials. Events are held throughout the year, attracting several thousand individuals to observe living history of what it was like to live in the late 18th century, both as a soldier and civilian. Educational materials and events are provided throughout the year. The largest expenses are for printing of educational materials, $20,741, followed by insurance at the events, $15,210, and expenses related to speakers at the events, $12,248. A rental unit is used for storage of materials used for events, $3,696, and it expenses are used for maintaining membership information, $6,516.
What it reported doing in 2025
Throughout the year, the organization produces and mails periodicals to over 1,000 individuals. These periodicals contain educational material on the life and history of the american revolution and provide event details of upcoming activities for individuals to attend or participate in.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 52.4%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 37.9%; rating input score 38
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 52.4% of revenue deployed · 37.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $29K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2017 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.