Charlotte Firefighters Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
566061322
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone
7043319515
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$283,980
Expenses
$315,082
Assets
$1,099,914
Liabilities
$150,752

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Feneis (President)
  • Jordan T Hood (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Michael Feneis (President): $10,660 total reported compensation
  • Donna D Blackmon (Treasurer): $6,552 total reported compensation
  • Travis L Cash (Secretary): $6,552 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Firefighters Local 660 mission is to provide support services to its members and serve in an outreach function in the community by providing safety demonstrations and supporting other non-profits.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership Services Benefits and support of Charlotte Firefighter Including Providing Fire Prevention Services to the Community Membership Benefits: Local 660 pays the following benefits for its members: Optical care visits, travel expenses to International Firefighter functions and expenses for local meetings. Membership benefits: $13,721.43 Local 660 pays membership fees for its members in International Firefighters Assoc. Fee $183,198.54

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -11%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.49; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.6% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.8% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 823 of 823 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $207K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.