Fort Ellis Fire/rescue

Legal name: Fort Ellis Fire Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882903854
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Bozeman, MT, USA
Phone
(406) 587-0236
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,946
Expenses
$16,673
Assets
$98,680
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NORBERT HACKL (PRESIDENT)
  • GRAHAM GOFF (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CRAIG WOOLARD (DIRECTOR)
  • NORBERT HACKL (PRESIDENT)
  • GERALD GROGGEL (SECRETARY/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

Fort Ellis Fire/Rescue is an all-volunteer emergency services agency located just outside of Bozeman, Montana, providing fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services to the Fort Ellis Fire Service Area.

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide support to the fort ellis fire service area.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% 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: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 86
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.9%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 80.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.92; rating input score 86; 86th 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: -175.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -70.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 19.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 20/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.