Vanguards of Cleveland

Analysis

Vanguards of Cleveland is a registered charity in United States, based in Cleveland, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Vanguards of Cleveland reported income of $56k and spending of $66k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $44k to $56k (+28%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Vanguards of Cleveland sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Johnsburg Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($56k), St Henry Emergency Squad Inc ($56k) and Powhatan Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($56k).

At year end it held assets of $179k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $179k.