Hillsboro Firefighters Random Acts Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201867452
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2007
Location
Hillsboro, OR, USA
Phone
5036816171
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Gift Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,521
Expenses
$113,936
Assets
$781,363
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SAM SCOTT (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY GURSKE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SAM SCOTT (PRESIDENT)
  • JEFFREY GURSKE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARC AHRENDT (SECRETARY)

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

Our toy and joy division provides new toys, essential items, and childrens books to children during the holiday season. Our random acts of kindness division provides various public services oriented gifts to help local individuals fill a variety of unfunded needs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provided a channel for our colleagues to bring donations or their requests for help. A simple procedure has been established to address identified needs, and our board has granted requests for such items as diverse as funeral expenses for a victim of sids, motorized wheel chair for a wwii vet, garden improvements for a cancer patient, and much more. The organization's our toy and joy division provided new toys, essential items, and children's books to children during the holiday season.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -239.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.86; rating input score 58; 58th 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 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $95K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2020 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.