Ankeny Fire Department Association F/k/a Ankeny Volunteer Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421185696
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Ankeny, IA, USA
Phone
5154027488
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,192
Expenses
$19,152
Assets
$15,113

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRAD NURNBERG (PRESIDENT, T)

People named in this filing

  • COLTON LIPPERT (VICE PRESIDE)
  • BRAD NURNBERG (PRESIDENT, T)
  • TAYLOR BLAZIK (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

While preserving life and property, the association will act as the collective voice for the association members for all matters concerning their health, welfare and benefits while they are employed as paid-on-call and part-time employees of the city of ankeny fire department.

What it reported doing in 2017

The ankeny fire department association exists to support the members of the ankeny fire department and the community it serves.

Operating model

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.7%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.3%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -40.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.7% of revenue deployed · 7.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.