Frankfort Hill Volunteer Fire Co

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222255640
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Frankfort, NY, USA
Phone
3157257344
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$142,060
Expenses
$148,953
Assets
$420,317
Liabilities
$1,027

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephen Christensen (President)
  • Richard Preskey (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephen Christensen (President)
  • Richard Preskey (Vice President)
  • Diane Pacilio (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 save lives, suppress and control fire, provide medical services, provide fire prevention education, hazardous materials response, water / ice rescue, public assistance during national emergencies and other activities deemed in the best interest of the fire company and citizens of our community.

What it reported doing in 2025

To save lives, suppress and control fire, provide medical services, provide fire prevention education, hazardous materials response, water / ice rescue, public assistane during nationalemergencies and other activities deemed in the best interest of the fire company or citizens of our community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.82; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.2% of revenue deployed · 74.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.