Harwich Permanent Fire Fighters Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237277950
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Harwich Port, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6176331329
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,187
- Expenses
- $61,690
- Assets
- $51,369
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RYAN EDWARDS (PRESIDENT)
- ERIC ELLIOT (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RYAN EDWARDS (PRESIDENT)
- WILLIAM SCHNEEWEISS (TREASURER)
- ERIC ELLIOT (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
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What it reported doing in 2025
To secure just compensation for fire fighters service and equitable settlement of their grievances.to promote a healthy and safe working environment.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, 13% for grants, and 7% for member benefits.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.7%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.5%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.83; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.7% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.