Haneyville Volunteer Fire Company

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061677263
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Lock Haven, PA, USA
Phone
2159001493
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$109,285
Expenses
$78,121
Assets
$508,198
Liabilities
$67,837

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John Barrett (President and Deputy Chief)
  • John Jones (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lori Thomas (Treasurer)
  • John Barrett (President and Deputy Chief)
  • John Jones (Vice 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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Haneyville Volunteer Fire Company protects the life and property in times of emergency, disaster, fire, and all incidents detrimental to the welfare of the community

What it reported doing in 2025

Public Safety - Haneyville Fire Company responded to 7 fires and 41 medical call during the 2025 calendar year. The fire company serves all of Gallagher and McHenry township. They issue a publication once per year and also have a facebook page. Support and Operations - Haneyville Fire Company trained 18 people for fire responses, and for the maintenance, repair, and storage of fire vehicles and equipment. Public Benefit Activities - Haneyville Fire Company responded to 9 hazardous events during 2025 and attended 28 events for public service. These events traffic direction for crowd control and responding to fallen trees in order to clear roads. Fundraising to Support Exempt Services - Haneyville Fire Company has approximately 91 volunteers that assist in running their fundraising events. These events in 2025 included Hoagies Sales which are done 7 times per year as well as sold at various events. In addition, volunteers setup stands to sell merchandise and gun raffle tickets at events held during 2025 which were, Sawdust Festival, 175 Haneyville Anniversary Festival, Memorial Day and Labor Day Chicken BBQ, Election Day where voting is held at the fire hall, Kettle Creek Music Festival, Haneyville Campground Chili Cookoff Judging where all donations are given to Haneyville Fire Company, Mountain Top Fall Festival, and the Black Forest Chili Cook off. None of their volunteers are paid.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 62% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 98.7%; rating input score 99
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.51; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.4% of revenue deployed · 98.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.