International Association of Firefighters Local 2889
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 841161462
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Westminster, CO, USA
- Phone
- 9708467686
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $121,360
- Expenses
- $101,454
- Assets
- $94,861
- Liabilities
- $13,202
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RON TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- RON TAYLOR (PRESIDENT)
- CHAD CHRISTIAN (EXECUTIVE VP)
- SCOTT WILMES (SECRETARY/TR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The objectives and aims of the union is the development of a higher degree of skill and efficiency, the maintenance of discipline, careful observance of the rules and regulations of the fire department, the cultivation of a closer degree of friendship and fellowship among its members in order to secure for the membership the intellectual, social, and economic privileges that are due to all persons. We fight to advance and protect wages, hours, working conditions and the quality of fire rescue services provided to the citizen of westminster and the surrounding districts that we serve.
What it reported doing in 2018
The exempt purpose of the union was achieved through dues paid to their affiliates such as iaff, cpff and afl-cio for collective bargaining on behalf of its members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 42% for direct work, and 58% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58%; rating input score 58
- Program expense ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58% of revenue deployed · 69.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.