Florida Alliance for Simplified Funding Strategies Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850980424
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tallahassee, FL, USA
Phone
8504460572
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Expenses
$3,572
Assets
$5,380

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW UBBEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW UBBEN (PRESIDENT)
  • KENNETH SMALL (VICE PRESIDE)
  • HL ROY TYLER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the corporation is (1) educating and informing citizens, labor, governments, industry, trade and other organizations of all kinds concerning fair and reasoned funding of essential fire protection and emergency medical services to Florida communities; (2) developing and advocating for legislation, regulations and governmental programs to improve equity and efficiency in funding essential services, capital equipment and facilities to Florida property owners; (3) to stimulate and facilitate better awareness concerning the forgoing; and (4) conducting research about and publicizing the positions of elected or public officials concerning the foregoing.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educate and inform citizens, labor, governments, industry, trade and other organizations concerning fair and reasoned funding of essential fire protection and emergency medical services to Florida communities. Conduct research about and publicize the positions of elected or public officials concerning these matters.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 30
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 79.4%; rating input score 79

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -61.9% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.