Greenleaf Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843971868
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Greenleaf, WI, USA
Phone
9208642200
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$746,853
Expenses
$255,606
Assets
$3,552,736
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS BUSSE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRIS BUSSE (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK DE CLEENE (FIRE CHIEF)
  • JERRY RENON (1ST ASST CHI)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized exclusively for one or more of the purposes specified in 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, including educational and charitable purposes. The corporation is comprised of committed and dedicated volunteers who have bonded together for the purpose of protecting citizens and property in the greenleaf community and surrounding areas serviced by the corporation. The volunteers of the corporation are the communities' first line of defense who provide professional, rapid, humanitarian aid that is essential to the health, safety and well-being of the residents in the greenleaf community and surrounding areas serviced by the corporation. The corporation accomplishes its exempt purpose through the training, education and development of its members by its commitment to developing proficiencies in the areas of search, rescue, fire prevention and suppression, hazardous mitigation, public safety education and other related activities. The corporation also furthers

What it reported doing in 2024

The corporation accomplishes its exempt purpose through the training, education and development of its members by its commitment to developing proficiencies in the areas of search, rescue, fire prevention and suppression, hazardous mitigation, public safety education and other related activities. The corporation also furthers its exempt purpose by conducting fire inspections and providing public safety information and fire educational materials to the citizens that reside within the greenleaf community and surrounding areas serviced by the corporation and by assuring that the corporation has a sufficient number of members to carry out the exempt purposes of the corporation, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days per year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 76% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 50
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 93
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.4%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.5%; rating input score 95; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 65.8%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.9; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 42 of 44 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $256K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.