Brooklin Volunteer Fire Company

Overview

Mission

Equip recruit train and supply fire rescue and EMS services

What it reported doing in 2025

Train fire rescue and emergency medical services purchase various books online courses training devices and other material to support the training of volunteer firefighters and emergency medical technicians

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237078531
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Headquarters
Brooklin, ME, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

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The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 50%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 5.27; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $527K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 annual filings from 2011 to 2025
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.