Firefighter Arno Memorial Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
923943549
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Phone
7169305802
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Safety, Disaster Preparedness & Relief N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,010
Expenses
$23,690
Assets
$97,375
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES FORERO JR (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL FORERO (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES FORERO JR (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL FORERO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WESLEY KING (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of the organization is to provide resources, financial support, and opportunities for western New York first responders and their families by fundraising and increasing community awareness of their daily efforts.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide resources, financial support, and opportunities for western New York first responders and their families.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 47
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 25.7%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 83.5%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 69.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.11; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 75.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 25.7% of revenue deployed · 83.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.