Boulder Firefighters Iaff Local 900

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841218950
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Boulder, CO, USA
Phone
3038098186
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$177,715
Expenses
$113,147
Assets
$421,634

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRIAN MARRON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRIAN MARRON (PRESIDENT)
  • TYLER CAPRON (VICE PRESIDE)
  • JAMIE BAKER (SECRETARY/TR)

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 objectives and aims of the union is the development of a higher degree of skill and efficiency, the maintenance of discipline, careful observance of the rules and regulations of the fire department, the cultivation of a closer degree of friendship and fellowship among it members in order to secure for the membership the intellectual, social, and economic privileges that are due to all persons. We fight to advance and protect wages, hours, working conditions and the quality of fire rescue services provided to the citizen of boulder and the surrounding districts that we serve.

What it reported doing in 2025

The exempt purpose of the union was achieved by compensation to officers, charitable donations for educational purposes, legal expenses and political action expenditures.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 26% for direct work, 52% for grants, and 22% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.8%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 91.2%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.3%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.73; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.8% of revenue deployed · 91.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $103K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.