International Association of Fire Fighters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 420843289
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Des Moines, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5157795969
- Rating
- 38
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Labor Unions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $627,225
- Expenses
- $372,836
- Assets
- $585,304
- Liabilities
- $438
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL J VANHAALEN (PRESIDENT)
- CODIN TENNISON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- NICK SCHUMAKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- STEVE RUSSELL (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CRAIG THOMPSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN PEPPMEIR (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL J VANHAALEN (PRESIDENT): $18,000 total reported compensation
- RUSSELL GILLUM (TREASURER): $6,000 total reported compensation
- CODIN TENNISON (VICE PRESIDENT): $3,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Des moines assc. Of professional firefighters local #4 has as it's purpose the promotion of harmonious & cooperative relations between the city and the union through dues paying members from captain to firefighters. All members are represented for promotion, contracts & grievance
What it reported doing in 2024
The des moines association of professional firefighters loca #4 has as its purpose the promotion of harmonious and cooperative relations between the city and the union through dues paying members from captain to firefighters. All members are represented for promotion, contracts and grievance procedures. All members will be created equal.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
REVIEW - 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 14
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- 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; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 40.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.57; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 310 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $373K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 11 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.