Virginia · Nonprofit
BRIGADE OF MERCY
BRIGADE OF MERCY (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,077 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($23,635). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $81k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $84k
What Brigade of Mercy does
Mission
Provide humanitarian assistance to people in need
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Provided funding that provided food, water, tents, medical supplies, and other necessities to people affected by a flooding event in Pakistan. Benefited 2,900 individuals.
$11,345 spentof which $11,345 as grants19% of program spendingBOM Annual Fundraiser In Kind Donations. Benefited 100 individuals
$9,214 spentof which $9,214 as grants15% of program spendingProvided school supplies, clothing, food, toiletries, Thanksgiving baskets, and other basic needs to teenagers in crisis and their families to the Second Story non-profit organization. Benefited 1,600 individuals.
$7,845 spentof which $7,845 as grants13% of program spendingProvided scholarship aid to 6 individuals who required assistance with college tuition.
$5,000 spentof which $5,000 as grants8% of program spendingProvided food and meals to resident families of a home for women and children at CDRS - House of Blessings. Benefitted 30 individuals.
$4,800 spentof which $4,800 as grants8% of program spendingPacked over 10,000 meals for the Outreach Program for disaster relief and areas of conflict. Benefited 60,000
$3,800 spentof which $3,800 as grants6% of program spendingProvided English language learning in a classroom setting through the International Language Academy of Washington, DC; to individuals who were not able to afford tuition. This will allow students to secure admittance to a university or a job in the workforce. This benefited 8 individuals.
$3,700 spentof which $3,700 as grants6% of program spendingProvided schools supplies and backpacks to low-income families at Baileys Elementary School. This benefited up to 300 students and their families.
$3,152 spentof which $3,152 as grants5% of program spendingProvided school supplies, backpacks, and snacks for school children at Stanton Elementary title 1 schools in Washington, DC. Benefits 250 individuals.
$2,766 spentof which $2,766 as grants5% of program spendingProvided school, clothing, and living supplies to an orphanage in Sierra Leone through the US based Sonnia House organization. Benefits 110 children.
$1,627 spentof which $1,627 as grants3% of program spendingProvided clothing, household supplies, and other household items to refugees from Afghanistan for settlement in the United States. This benefited 10 people
$1,571 spentof which $1,571 as grants3% of program spendingProvided toiletries and related supplies to women at the Loudoun Abused Women Shelter. Benefited 20 individuals.
$934 spentof which $934 as grants2% of program spendingProvided food to families at Carpenter's Homeless Shelter. Benefits 40 individuals.
$860 spentof which $860 as grants1% of program spendingProvided clothing, household supplies, and supported a holiday wish list for the Fairfax County Department of Family Services. Benefited 30 individuals.
$649 spentof which $649 as grants1% of program spendingProvided school supplies to underserved students at Lemon Road School. Benefits 50 students
$619 spentof which $619 as grants1% of program spendingProvided hygiene kits for distribution to the needy in Southern Virginia in coordination with the Prince George High School Interact Club. Benefited 200 individuals
$555 spentof which $555 as grants1% of program spendingProvided children clothing and medical supplies to needy families in Honduras through VCH Medical Brigade. Benefited 100 individuals.
$400 spentof which $400 as grants1% of program spendingProvided a laptop for education needs and associated supplies for children needing medical services from war torn areas. Benefited 1 child
$349 spentof which $349 as grants1% of program spendingProvided nonperishable food for families at the Hoffman-Boston Elementary title 1 school in Arlington, Benefited at least 100 individuals
$144 spentof which $144 as grants0% of program spendingProvided students at Park View High School hygiene kits and toiletries. Benefited 50 students
$132 spentof which $132 as grants0% of program spending
The 20 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $59,462.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $63k to $84k (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
100% of BRIGADE OF MERCY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $6k → $5k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BRIGADE OF MERCY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BRIGADE OF MERCY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
55% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BRIGADE OF MERCY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 98% · 2022 50% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
55% of BRIGADE OF MERCY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $20k that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Virginia funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BRIGADE OF MERCY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BRIGADE OF MERCY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BRIGADE OF MERCY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BRIGADE OF MERCY?
- BRIGADE OF MERCY (Virginia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,077 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($23,635). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BRIGADE OF MERCY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $44,077 in grants to BRIGADE OF MERCY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRIGADE OF MERCY?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $23,635 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRIGADE OF MERCY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing