Beacon Rescue

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861941432
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cumberland Furnace, TN, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,981
Expenses
$78,309
Assets
$73,153

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Robert Pasquale (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Nathan Goggans (President)
  • John Witherspoon (President of the Board)

People named in this filing

  • Robert Pasquale (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Nathan Goggans (President)
  • John Witherspoon (President of the Board)

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

Beacon Rescue is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes to provide disaster response emergency relief and community resilience services. The organization supports local state and federal partners in times of crisis through search and rescue operations medical response and logistical assistance. Beacon Rescue also conducts preparedness training public safety education and volunteer coordination to strengthen community readiness before during and after emergencies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Disaster Response & Crisis Operations: In 2024 Beacon Rescue deployed trained volunteer teams to federally recognized disaster zones including Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Field units conducted search and rescue medical support and logistics coordination alongside county and state emergency management agencies. Beacons Crisis Information Center integrated satellite mapping real-time damage assessments and secure responder tracking to streamline mutual aid operations. More than 100 households received direct assistance and over $40,000 in resources were coordinated to affected communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.7%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 57; 57th 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: 150% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 55.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $84K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.