Downers Grove Prof Firefighters Association Local 3234
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363690001
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Downers Grove, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6302534633
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $158,755
- Expenses
- $137,310
- Assets
- $365,280
- Liabilities
- $1,687
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BENJAMIN BROWN (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL COVELLI (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ROBERT BARC (FORMER PRESIDENT)
- SCOTT CAVENAILE (FORMER PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BENJAMIN BROWN (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL COVELLI (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KEVIN O'LEARY (SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To organize all career firefighters; to secure just compensation for services and equitable settlement of grievances; to promote the continuing advancement of just reasonable working conditions; to place members of the local on higher plane of skills and efficiency; to promote harmonious relations between the firefighters and their employer; to encourage the formation of other local unions; to participate in the associated firefighters of Illinois and other joint councils; to aid in the formation of sick and death benefit funds; to encourage the establishment of schools and instruction for imparting knowledge of modern and improved methods of firefighting; to assist in providing the residents of the downers grove fire department with professional and efficient career firefighters; to cultivate fellowship and friendship among its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
To negotiate contracts on behalf of local members; to provide charitable donations to members and the community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.66; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.