Barre Town Firefighters Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830984434
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Websterville, VT, USA
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,825
Expenses
$12,243
Assets
$143,934

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jon Winter (Association President)

People named in this filing

  • Andrew Lange (Director Chief)
  • Jon Winter (Association President)
  • Andrew Woodhams (Association 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The associations purpose is to acquire equipment for the fire department that is not provided in the annual town budget. The associations board will determine the equipment purchases annually. Equipment will be required and turned over to the town which will own and maintain equipment. We association will find this activity primarily through event such as barbecues and a raffle. This activity will enhance the fire fighting efforts to the fire Department provide value to the town without having to use tax revenue.

What it reported doing in 2024

The annual gun raffle sells 1000 tickets at $50 apiece and are purchased from R&L archery this provides the primary source of revenue for the association.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

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 and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 95.8%; rating input score 96
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 65.8%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.76; rating input score 93; 93rd 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: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 95.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $34K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.