International Association of Fire Fighters L1619 Prince Georges Cty

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526068596
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bowie, MD, USA
Phone
3018055300
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,260,159
Expenses
$1,308,200
Assets
$4,010,117
Liabilities
$79,321

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GRANT L WALKER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • GRANT L WALKER (PRESIDENT): $29,804 total reported compensation
  • JOHN L WISEMAN (TREASURER): $20,427 total reported compensation
  • THERESA ALEXANDER (1ST VICE PRE): $20,427 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The professional fire fighters & paramedics association of prince george's county local 1619 of the international association of fire fighters is dedicated to ensuring that our members are provided with all of the tools that they require to ensure that the citizens and visitors of prince george's county receive the highest level of emergency medical service and transportation, fire protection, hazardous material mitigation, and technical rescue services.

What it reported doing in 2024

The professional fire fighters & paramedics association of prince george's county local 1619 of the international association of fire fighters (the local) is a labor organization representing fire fighters and paramedics of prince george's county, Maryland. Local 1619 was incorporated in the state of Maryland on december 1, 1969, and currently represents approximately 1,300 personnel. The members of local 1619 respond to over 100,000 emergency calls per annum, protecting approximately 500 square miles, and serving more than 850,000 citizens. Our professional fire fighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics provide full time protection at twenty-six of prince george's county's forty-four fire and ems stations, and daytime protection at thirteen additional fire and ems stations. In addition, our members currently staff all of the mobile intensive care units (advanced life support units) in prince george's county. Additional services provided include fire prevention and investigations, the bomb squad, the hazardous materials team, public education, and all of the adminstrative and logistical support services that comprise the backbone of our fire and ems department. Our association is dedicated to ensuring that our members are provided with all of the tools that they require to ensure that the citizens and visitors of prince george's county receive the highest level of emergency medical service and transportation, fire protection, hazardous material mitigation, and technical rescue services. The prince george's county professional fire fighters and paramedics association is the exclusive bargaining agent respresenting the fire fighters, paramedics, and civilian members of the prince george's county fire and ems department. Our organization promotes a safe and healthy working environment for its members by the establishment of just and reasonable working conditions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 39
  • Sustainability: 44
  • 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: 43.5%; rating input score 43; 11th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.07; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 23 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $30K · 29 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $212K reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 28 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.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.