Association of Retired Woonsocket Firefighters

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300735162
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Woonsocket, RI, USA
Phone
4014865373
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Labor Unions

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,521
Expenses
$1,431
Assets
$80,634

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RENE R MENARD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • THOMAS F WILLIAMS (TREASURER)
  • RENE R MENARD (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVEN GAMACHE (VICE PRESIDE)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association of retired woonsocket firefighters (arwf) assists its members with the challenges of retirement as a city of woonsocket firefighter. The organization serves as an advocate of retired firefighters by ensuring retiree benefits contractually guaranteed are maintained through the duration of the members' retirement. Arwf also informs and assists its members in understanding the ever-changing laws and statutes, whether thay are local, state or federal as they relate to disability and retirement benefits.

What it reported doing in 2025

Assisting retired city of woonsocket firefighters with the challenges of retirement and ensuring that contractually guaranteed benefirs are maintained for former firefighters.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 6
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 5.1%; rating input score 5
  • Program expense ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 9

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 59.4%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 56.35; rating input score 98; 98th 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: -24% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 5.1% of revenue deployed · 8.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $125 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • 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 5/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.