Brotherhood Designs Foundation Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
BROTHERHOOD DESIGNS CORPORATION IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO HONOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES AND PRESERVE THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE THROUGH SUSTAINABLE CRAFTSMANSHIP BY REPURPOSING 15,000+ LBS OF RETIRED FIRE HOSE ANNUALLY.
- Income
- $111,105
- Spending
- $119,525
- Reserves
- -0.8 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
- Highest pay
- $9,000, president
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 6 out of 100. Higher than 1% of charities in its peer group (environment, under $250k).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 136% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 8% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- THE COMPERATORE SERIESWITH HELEN COMPERATORE'S BLESSING, BROTHERHOOD DESIGNS CREATED A LIMITED SERIES OF JUST 10 FLAGS TO HONOR COREY'S LEGACY. MOST WERE CRAFTED FROM WILDLAND HOSE RETIRED FROM STATION 27--THE SAME STATION WHERE COREY ANSWERED CALLS FOR 34 YEARS.TWO OF THESE FLAGS, SIGNED BY HELEN AND PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WERE AUCTIONED AT THE HEROES DEFENSE GALA TO FUND THE TRAINING WEEKEND.FIVE FLAGS REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR AUCTION. ALL FLAGS HAVE A MEMORIAL TIN ON THEM SIGNED BY HELEN COMPERATORE AND PRESIDENT TRUMP!PROFITS FROM THE REMAINING FLAGS WILL ESTABLISH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FUTURE FIREFIGHTERS--CONTINUING THE WORK COREY DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO.IT WAS ONLY FITTING THAT WHILE WE WERE THERE TRAINING COREY'S CREW, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE A RUN WITH THEM FOR A GARAGE FIRE!
- THE STORY - THIBODAUX VOLUNTEER FD FLAG DEDICATIONTHE THIBODAUX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES. ESTABLISHED IN 1874, TVFD HAS PROUDLY SERVED THE CITIZENS OF THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA -- PROTECTING A VIBRANT COLLEGE TOWN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WITH A ROSTER OF 500+ DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS ACROSS MULTIPLE GENERATIONS, FROM LONG-TIME FAMILY TRADITIONS TO NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AND LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PROBIES. (THIBFIREDEPT.ORG)WITH DEEP COMMUNITY ROOTS AND ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST VOLUNTEER ROSTERS, TVFD IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS BELOVED THIBODAUX FIREMEN'S FAIR, A MULTI-DAY TRADITION THAT ATTRACTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ATTENDEES EACH YEAR AND IS A MAJOR FUNDRAISER FOR THE DEPARTMENT. (THIBODAUX FIREMEN'S FAIR)WE ARE HONORED TO PRESENT BDC FLAG #112, CRAFTED FROM RETIRED FIRE HOSE FROM THE THIBODAUX VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS ENGINE SERIES FLAG HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND IS READY FOR ITS OFFICIAL DEDICATION AS A LASTING TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE, HERITAGE, AND BROTHERHOOD OF THIBODAUX'S FIREFIGHTERS.THIS MEANINGFUL PROJECT HAS BEEN GENEROUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY DANNY HUSTON OF NAMIDWAY, WHO PROVIDED THE FLAG AND SUPPORT FOR OUR TRAVEL TO LOUISIANA TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION OF THEIR NEWLY RENOVATED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. WE ARE HUMBLED BY HIS SUPPORT OF BOTH THE THIBODAUX COMMUNITY AND THE MISSION OF BROTHERHOOD DESIGNS.WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY THIS YEAR. IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN US IN HONORING TVFD'S LEGACY OR SUPPORT SIMILAR MISSION-DRIVEN PROJECTS, YOUR INVOLVEMENT IS WELCOME -- WHETHER BY ATTENDING THE EVENT OR CONTRIBUTING IN A WAY THAT ALIGNS WITH YOUR CAPACITY AND PASSION.
- A UNIVERSITY THAT GIVES BACKSOME INSTITUTIONS TALK ABOUT SUPPORTING FIRST RESPONDERS. NOTRE DAME SHOWS UP.EVERY YEAR, DUNCAN HALL ORGANIZES ND110--A CHARITY STAIR CLIMB WHERE STUDENTS AND LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS CLIMB 110 FLIGHTS IN NOTRE DAME STADIUM, HONORING THE FIREFIGHTERS WHO CLIMBED THE WORLD TRADE CENTER TOWERS ON 9/11. PROCEEDS SUPPORT HEART 9/11, CONTINUING THE MISSION OF THOSE WHO GAVE EVERYTHING THAT DAY.NOTRE DAME'S CATHOLIC SCHOOLS HOLD ANNUAL MASSES AND FIELD OF HONOR CEREMONIES TO RECOGNIZE POLICE, FIRE, AND EMS PERSONNEL. THE UNIVERSITY HIGHLIGHTS ALUMNI WHO SERVE AS FIRST RESPONDERS. THE NOTRE DAME POLICE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY-ORIENTED TRAINING.BROTHERHOOD DESIGNS WANTS TO SAY THANK YOU--THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW HOW. WITH A FLAG.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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