Lone Oak Volunteer Fire Department
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 814035839
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Signal Mountain, TN, USA
- Phone
- 4238867250
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,517
- Expenses
- $77,930
- Assets
- $220,660
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Elaine Brunelle (President)
- Josh Partin (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Elaine Brunelle (President)
- Cassie King Hollis (Secretary)
- Cindy Bruce (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 Lone Oak Volunteer Fire department provides fire protection and fire prevention to the community. In addition First Responder Level Care is provided on every call for medical assistance.
What it reported doing in 2025
During the holidays the department prepared 39 food boxes and 49 toy boxes supporting 39 families and 96 family members in the community. We also donated 8 large tubs of toys to the Dunlap rescue squad, and 3 to Signal Mountain Social Services
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.83; rating input score 73; 73rd 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: -38.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.