Friendship Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351393115
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Friendship, IN, USA
Phone
8126675230
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,572
Expenses
$117,711
Assets
$440,921
Liabilities
$271

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARY THOMAS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GARY THOMAS (PRESIDENT)
  • MATT JEFFRIES (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KEITH SIEVERDING (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

Volunteer fire department

What it reported doing in 2025

A volunteer fire department providing fire protection to friendship, in., and the surrounding communities, and providing aid and assistance during severe storms and other emergencies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.6%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.75; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $118K 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: 16 filing years from 2010 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.