Kinney Firemens Relief Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411653019
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Kinney, MN, USA
Phone
2189291849
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,158
Expenses
$9,107
Assets
$575,829
Liabilities
$1,385

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL JACKA (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JORDAN BISSONETTE (GAMBLING MANAGER): $9,600 total reported compensation
  • KARL RUDSTROM (TREASURER): $90 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide death/disability and pension payments for volunteer firefighters in this rural mn community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Manage brokerage account with investments for service pensions; service pension paid out for 2025 was $0; unrealized gains on investments for 2025 were $68,264; charitable gaming revenues are used for donations. Lawful purpose donations for 2025 were $28,014.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.7%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 88.9%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 63.23; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 106.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.7% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 17 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $10K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 18/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.