Internat'l Assoc of Fire Fighters L3520 E Pierce Prof Fire Fighters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911624537
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Bonney Lake, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2538827098
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $422,321
- Expenses
- $401,250
- Assets
- $961,678
- Liabilities
- $11,119
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TUCKER WALKER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TUCKER WALKER (PRESIDENT): $23,678 total reported compensation
- JASON BROOKS (VICE PRESIDE): $20,127 total reported compensation
- PATIENCE TAYLOR (SECRETARY): $20,127 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To encourage participation in rescue, emergency medical service, firefighting, prevention, and related activities for the general public; to secure for its members just compensation for their services; to promote safety and just and reasonable working conditions; to encourage its members to seek knowledge and skills in modern and improved methods of emergency response and prevention; to cultivate friendship and fellowship among its members; to promote public awareness and support of the organization and its goals by community involvement and charity; to occassionally support political candidates and local legislative measures that reflect the goals of the organization and its members; and to uphold the constitution and by-laws of the international association of fire fighters afl-cio, clc.
What it reported doing in 2024
To ocassionally support political candidates whose legislative and/or administrative authority, if elected, stands to affect the association and it's members and the surrounding community, reflective of the goals of the organization and its members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, 4% for grants, and 39% for affiliated organizations.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 51
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 14
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.8%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: 60.2%; rating input score 60
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54.8% of revenue deployed · 60.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $24K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.