Lansing Fire Department

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391872357
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Lansing, IA, USA
Phone
5635384144
Rating
93
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,748
Expenses
$98,570
Assets
$119,911
Liabilities
$13,144

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSH MOHN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TROY HILL (ASSISTANT CH)
  • BENJAMIN VERDON (TRAINING OFF)
  • JAMIE RASQUE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide volunteer assistance in fire and other emergency situations in the local communitites

What it reported doing in 2024

To provide training & equipment for volunteers of the lansing fire department to enable them to perform the services of fire fighting and protection for the city of lansing and the surronding rural community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.