Clements Fire Department Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611447792
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Athens, AL, USA
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,412
Expenses
$89,826
Assets
$331,612

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS DENDY (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • MATHEW HAYES (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • JESSE RAGER (Fire Chief)
  • RANDY TOWNSEND (ASSISTANT CHIEF)
  • THOMAS DENDY (BOARD 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

This is a rural all Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department servicing 67 square miles of Limestone County Alabama. The primary exempt purpose is to provide Frie and rescue services to a an area and its citizens because there is no Municiple County or Government provided service for those citizens.

What it reported doing in 2025

Rural Structural Fire Suppression and Prevention. Thie is an all-volunteer staffed fire department that provides 911 response for fire suppression and extinguishment for residential commercial agricultural and wildland property

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 97% 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 comfortably covers expenses. 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: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 11.6%; rating input score 12
  • Program expense ratio: 17.8%; rating input score 18

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.69; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -43% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 11.6% of revenue deployed · 17.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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 12/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.