Broad River Volunteer Fire & Rescue Dept Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 591780579
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
- Location
- Black Mountain, NC, USA
- Phone
- 8286690488
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,356,087
- Expenses
- $714,933
- Assets
- $3,218,323
- Liabilities
- $587,022
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Brent A Hayner (Fire Chief): $98,791 total reported compensation
- George Prohoda (Treasurer): $500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide fire protection and rescue service in the Broad River district of Buncombe County, NC.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Broad River Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department, Inc. (BRVFD) provides fire, rescue, and medical services to approximately 3,000 residents and all those who visit. In addition to the 32+ square miles that we cover out of three stations we also respond to an additional 5 square miles located in two other counties. We have one full time Chief, and on average two part-time firefighter / EMT positions. BRVFD also has on average 28 dedicated volunteers who respond to alarms when available, an extremely appreciated Auxiliary, and an amazing Board of Directors who are elected by our residents. Our Volunteers generally average over 3200 hours of training each year. This is time that they are away from their families and their payment is pride along with those we serve giving them a thank you. Our main goal is to find feasible ways to save lives and property through training, education, and utilizing more modern equipment. Our annual call volume has been steadily increasing from approximately 60 calls per year in 2008 to 300 in 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 71% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 27.2%; rating input score 27
- Program expense ratio: 92.3%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 69.7%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.5; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 27.2% of revenue deployed · 92.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $660K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 27/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.