Coulter Volunteer Fire Department

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
256063713
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Coulter, PA, USA
Phone
7243277300
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,893
Expenses
$55,776
Assets
$327,802
Liabilities
$399

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT STERN (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM DROSKEY (V PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT STERN (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM DROSKEY (V PRESIDENT)
  • LAWRENCE ROBERTSON (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

Fire and emergency services

What it reported doing in 2025

Coulter volunteer fire department offers fire protection services and emergency medical services to the local community.

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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.88; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.6% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2013 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.