Bug Firefighters Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263751005
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Brussels, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9204932439
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $63,515
- Expenses
- $67,959
- Assets
- $79,691
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CURT VANDERTIE (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CURT VANDERTIE (PRESIDENT)
- JARED BAUDHUIN (VICE PRESIDE)
- MATT PHILLIPS (TREASURER)
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
Purchase firefighting and safety equipment
What it reported doing in 2025
Bug firefighters, inc. Uses the money it obtains from fundraising activities to purchase firefighting and safety equipment supporting our mission to provide emergency and safety services to residents and visitors in our protection area. 1. In 2025, we again held our car and motor show, our largest fundraising activity of the year. The show generated 18,408 of revenue offfset by exepsenses of 9,114, for a total net gain of 9,294. 2. In conjunction with the car and motor show, we also conducted a raffle which generated revenue of 15,100 offset by expenses of 4,182 for a net gain of 10,918. 3. Also in 2025, we received general donations to our organization in the amount of 42,927 with no expenses. In 2025, our firefighters fund made serveral disbursements for items in support of our mission including: a. A new battery operated 'jaws' extrication equipment for 33,835. B. A new h.p. Air compressor to allow in house filling of our scba air bottles for 30,812. C. Two new 'throw' extinguishers for use by first on scene personnel to delay the spread of a fire, 2,013. D. Equipment for the weight room in the amount of 845. E. Administrative costs in the amount of 454 were incurred in 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.3%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -75.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $68K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.