Friends of the Chester County Sheriff's K-9 Unit

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 824383757
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2018–2024
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location: West Chester, PA, USA
Phone: 6103223908
Rating confidence: Limited
Sector: Public, Society Benefit N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue: $37,241
Expenses: $35,498
Assets: $28,126

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

HOWARD MINCKLER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

HARRY MCKINNEY (DIRECTOR)
VINCE TALUCCI JR (DIRECTOR)
HOWARD MINCKLER (PRESIDENT)

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 organization's mission is to provide essential public safety services and educational opportunities to citizens, communities and governments throughout southeastern Pennsylvania and beyond. The k-9 unit trains and provides services in detection of explosives, narcotics, accelerants, cadavers, apprehension of fugitives, location of lost people or articles, security patrols, comforting special victims and community outreach work.

What it reported doing in 2024

Program for k-9 dogs includes maintenance, training and providing public safety services and educational opportunities to government agencies, citizens and communities.

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 44
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: Limited
Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 4.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -38.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.