Brussels Consignment Shop

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
994418690
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
APO, AE, USA
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Thrift Shops

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,800
Expenses
$24,866
Assets
$8,316
Liabilities
$482

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Nicole Swan (Manager)
  • Karen Bruening (Assistant Manager)
  • Shawna Messersmith (Bookkeeper)

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

Program Title: Community Consignment Shop Through our community-run consignment shop, we provided affordable clothing, household goods, and essential items to over 3000 individuals and families in need. All items were donated by local residents, and proceeds from sales supported local charitable initiatives, including briefly mention any programs, e.g., emergency assistance, food drives, school supplies, etc. The shop also served as a community hub, encouraging volunteerism and sustainable reuse

What it reported doing in 2025

Community Thrift Store operates a consignment shop run solely on contributions from our community to support charitable programs and servicesneed. All items were donated by local residents, and proceeds from sales supported local charitable initiatives, including [briefly mention any programs, e.g., emergency assistance, food drives, school supplies, etc.]. The shop also served as a community hub, encouraging volunteerism and sustainable reuse. We serve about 3000 families with our operations

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 90.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.