Fox Chapel Volunteer Firemans Relief Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251653770
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4129631100
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,305
Expenses
$65,049
Assets
$184,181
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Badeer (President)
  • Will Tippins (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • John Badeer (President)
  • Will Tippins (Vice President)
  • Kento Ohmori (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

To provide financial protection and support to volunteer firefighters and their families against the misfortune or injuries that can occur during their service.

What it reported doing in 2025

Support the Fox Chapel Volunteer Fire Department with safety equipment, equipment maintenance, life insurance, and supplemental accident, death, and dismemberment insurance. Providing fire safety education to local schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for member benefits.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.83; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $65K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.