Hilltown Hose Company Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331184867
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Savoy, MA, USA
Phone
4138843959
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,977
Expenses
$24,185
Assets
$30,855

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JANICE VERONESI (PRESIDENT)
  • CINDY WILSON (V. PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JANICE VERONESI (PRESIDENT)
  • CINDY WILSON (V. PRESIDENT)
  • VICTORIA WEST (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To foster interest in all matters pertaining to volunteer fire services and to perpetuate the spirit which has activated volunteer firefighters in the rendition of service of the highest type in the protection of life and property from fire in the interest of public safety.

What it reported doing in 2024

To solicit and receive gifts from individuals and organizations, accumulate funds for the capital programs of the corporation, expend the principal and income or both in carrying out the purposes of the corporation by the employment of personnel, the purchase of equipment, material, and supplies; the purchase or lease of equipment, material, and supplies, the purchase or lease of real estate, or by any other means proper and desirable for accomplishment of such purposes. To provide suitable quarters for the use of members of the volunteer fire department of the town of savoy in connection with the housing of fire apparatus and for providing a place of meeting for the members of the department and for the social and recreational use of such members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.8%; rating input score 25
  • Program expense ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 28

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.3%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.8% of revenue deployed · 27.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 25/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.