Hill Country Fire Coalition of Texas
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993711647
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Boerne, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8303269031
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $290,125
- Expenses
- $52,945
- Assets
- $312,155
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Christine Wiley (Director)
- Davin Ivans (Assistant Director of Operations)
- Doug Meckel (Assistant Director for Logistics)
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
Improve risk awareness, promote safety and cultivate fire-resilient communities through property owner education, effective mitigation measures and sustained community involvement. To save lives and properties by implementing effective strategies, fostering strong partnerships and empowering residents to create fire-adapted landscapes which serve to mitigate loss and increase likelihood of surviving a wildfire incident.
What it reported doing in 2024
Community Outreach and Education: Focus on empowering hill country residents with the knowledge and tools needed to reduce wildfire risk and build safer communities through workshops, neighborhood presentations, school programs, social media campaigns and community events. Shares practical guidance on defensible space, home hardening, preparedness planning and fire adapted living. By collaborating with local fire departments, emergency management partners and regional organizations the program ensures consistent science-based messaging tailored to the unique needs of the Texas hill country. This strengthens community resilience and suppors the long-term goals of the community wildfire protection plan.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 86% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 88
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 18%; rating input score 18
- Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 99
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: 81.8%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.9; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 18% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $52K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.