Kane County Fire Chiefs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464070190
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
East Dundee, IL, USA
Phone
8474267521
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,522
Expenses
$10,150
Assets
$61,046
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE HERNANDEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL ANASZEWICZ (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEVE HERNANDEZ (PRESIDENT)
  • BILL ANASZEWICZ (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW HANSON (TREASURER)

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

The kane county fire chiefs is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Included with its corporate purpose is to promote the education of its members and the intergovernmental cooperation of public safety agencies. Upon dissolution, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of said section 501 (c)(3), or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government for a public purpose. Any such assets not disposed of shall be disposed of the bye court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the organization is then located, exclusively for such purposes or to such organization or organizations, as said court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants: budda brotherhood foundation $1000.00 donation 100 club of kane county il $1500.00 donation ecfpd cadet program $1000.00 donation aurora fire explorers post #99 $1000.00 donation elgin fire department explorer post #439 $500.00 donation geneva fire explorer post #205 $1000.00 donation sugar grove fire department cadet program $1000.00 donationpingree grove explorer post #205 $1000.00 donationelgin fire barn museum #5 $1000.00 donation

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.5%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.6%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.01; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -53.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.5% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.