Alpha Fire Company No 1 Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 236298503
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Littlestown, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7173594212
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,190,412
- Expenses
- $671,212
- Assets
- $5,494,941
- Liabilities
- $702,283
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN DEHOFF (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KEVIN DEHOFF (PRESIDENT)
- FRED RIEDEL (VICE PRESIDE)
- STACY SNYDER (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The apparatus, equipment, and members of the alpha fire company no. 1, inc. Shall make every effort to answer all fire emergency responses and public service calls in the borough of littlestown and surrounding communities for which it is summoned. Additionally, the company shall make every effort to answer responses in accordance to mutual aid agreements with other fire departments, counties, states, and/or governments.
What it reported doing in 2024
The alpha fire company is dedicated to providing quality fire emergency services to the municipalities we are entrusted to protect and serve. The apparatus, equipment, and members of the alpha fire company no. 1, inc. Shall make every effort to answer all fire emergency responses and public service calls in the borough of littlestown and surrounding communities for which it is summoned. Additionally, the company shall make every effort to answer responses in accordance to mutual aid agreements with other fire departments, counties, states, and/or governments. We provide these services 24/7, 365 days a year in a safe, prompt, and professional manner. In addition 439 fire call responses, our members spent thousands of hours fundraising to support the operations of alpha fire company. Our community education team educated numerous community groups and schools on fire prevention and fire safety. Our fire personnel recorded thousands of hours of individual training, ensuring the most efficient and effective service possible.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.6%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $26.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.6%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.19; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.6% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $531K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.