Licking Twp Emergency Squad & Fire Dept Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 311079792
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2016
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2016
Location: Nashport, OH, USA
Phone: 7404531888
Rating: 58
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue: $183,368
Expenses: $56,837
Assets: $285,405

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

DON GOODYEAR (FIRE CHIEF)
JODY LECKRONE (ASSISTANT FI)
ASHLEY LAWRENCE (LIEUTENANT)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide public education, preservation and protection of life and property from fire and/or emergencies as may occur in the territory within its jurisdiction.

What it reported doing in 2016

Services provided with the utmost concern for the safety of township employees and residents; to provide services to licking township residents as timely and efficiently as possible.

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 36
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 82
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 21.6%; rating input score 22
Program expense ratio: 58.6%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: 69%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.02; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -65.2% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 21.6% of revenue deployed · 58.6% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $33K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
Schedules: 1 filed schedules
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2016
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.