Cincinnati African American Firefighters Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311301640
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2018
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5132274183
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,500
Expenses
$69,975
Assets
$27,204

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Raffel Prophett (President)
  • Cedric Robinson (First Vice-President)
  • Ken Caldwell (Second Vice-President)

People named in this filing

  • Raffel Prophett (President)
  • Cedric Robinson (First Vice-President)
  • Ken Caldwell (Second Vice-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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Community service & support other firefighter associations

What it reported doing in 2018

See the Program Service Accomplishments sheet.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 9
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.5%; rating input score 9
  • Program expense ratio: 7.5%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 25; 25th 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: -6.5% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.5% of revenue deployed · 7.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2012 to 2018
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 9/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.