International Association of Firefighters Local 135 Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 480689347
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Wichita, KS, USA
- Phone
- 3162636651
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $463,880
- Expenses
- $435,376
- Assets
- $682,233
- Liabilities
- $15,313
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TED BUSH (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TED BUSH (PRESIDENT): $35,760 total reported compensation
- CHARLES HELM (SECRETARY/TR): $35,760 total reported compensation
- DUSTIN WINTER (VICE PRESIDE): $27,814 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 fostering and encouragement of a higher degree of skill and efficiency; the cultivation of friendship and fellowship among its members; the protections of its members against any form of injustice; the maintenance of proper remuneration for duty performed; and the evaluation and improvement of the intellectual, social, and economic conditions of members.
What it reported doing in 2024
Other program services consist of public relations, union party, meetings & conventions, and kora transactions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Affiliate network. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending through affiliated organizations.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 46.9%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 49.1%; rating input score 49
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- 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: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.57; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 46.9% of revenue deployed · 49.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $214K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $36K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.