International Association of Fire
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 346555703
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Toledo, OH, USA
- Phone
- 4192151349
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $644,110
- Expenses
- $811,863
- Assets
- $619,539
- Liabilities
- $71,392
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSEPH CIRA (PRESIDENT)
- PHILLIP MOLINE (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOSEPH CIRA (PRESIDENT): $22,587 total reported compensation
- DANIEL EVANS (SECRETARY TREASURER): $15,359 total reported compensation
- PHILLIP MOLINE (VICE PRESIDENT): $11,745 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide representation for the membership in matters related to conditions of their employment including but not limited to employee greivances, wages, hours, working conditions and programs designed to improve the general welfare of the members.
What it reported doing in 2025
This program provides membership in affiliate local, state and international labor organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 84% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.
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 voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 5
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40.7%; rating input score 41
- Program expense ratio: 30.7%; rating input score 31
- 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -26%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.76; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 36.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 40.7% of revenue deployed · 30.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $250K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $23K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.