Bartlett Volunteer Fire Assoc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 366109333
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Bartlett, IL, USA
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,808
- Expenses
- $94,046
- Assets
- $138,782
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DONALD SCHRADER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DONALD SCHRADER (PRESIDENT)
- MIKE DEXTER (VICE PRESIDE)
- JASON HELVEY (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The corporation is organized to help fund training, education & equipment for volunteer, combination and other fire, rescue and emergency services; to support fire education; acquire and maintain a building to be used for engines, trucks, other vehicles and equipment utilized for fire, rescue and emergency services and to support the local community.
What it reported doing in 2025
The corporation maintained a building to be used for engines, trucks, other vehicles and equipment utilized for fire, rescue and emergency services.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.2%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.2% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.