Central Area Volunteer Fire Department

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
570908505
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Florence, AL, USA
Phone
2567663330
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$121,042
Expenses
$169,819
Assets
$217,666
Liabilities
$43,956

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS RHODES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CLEVE MILES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID HALE (CHIEF)
  • CHRIS RHODES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CLEVE MILES (PRESIDENT)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Volunteer fire fighting & medical calls, fire safety & prevention education, traffic control when needed for safety on fire or wreck scene

What it reported doing in 2023

Medical runs, auto accidents, structure fires, vehicle firesbrush fires, alarms, assisted runs & misc runs

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -40.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $104K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.