Bell Springs Fire Department Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463860370
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Laytonville, CA, USA
- Phone
- 7074891882
- Rating
- 54
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,727
- Expenses
- $10,547
- Assets
- $341,369
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- William Emerson (Chief and Secretary)
- Marbry Sipila (Board Member)
- Casey O'Neill (Board Member)
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
To provide wildfire prevention and protection services to the Bell Springs Road area of Mendocino County, California as well as assist with medical and other emergencies.
What it reported doing in 2024
Responded to four wildfire calls, kept the fires from spreading and provided water to Calfire crews. Also responded to medical calls and promoted wildfire prevention and fuels reduction activities in the county. Provided Holding Services on several prescribed fires. Provided biochar kiln and instructions for workshops.
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: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 27.9%; rating input score 28
- Program expense ratio: 40.7%; rating input score 41
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 32.37; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -74.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -54.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 34.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 27.9% of revenue deployed · 40.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 28/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.