Intl Assoc Firefighters Local 1716

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237283562
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Phone
8314260611
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,928
Expenses
$197,467
Assets
$106,931
Liabilities
$4,933

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Edward Carlson (President)
  • Steven Oakley (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Edward Carlson (President)
  • Steven Oakley (Vice President)
  • Charles Andy Wise (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See Schedule O

What it reported doing in 2025

Contributions to local charities, childrens and charitable programs & bereaved firefighters families. Provide station supplies, maintain firefighting museum including . . .

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 52% for direct work, 14% for grants, and 34% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -20.5%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.