Maine State Federation of Fire Fighters
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237282748
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Surry, ME, USA
- Phone
- 2074603077
- Rating
- 42
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $148,120
- Expenses
- $167,001
- Assets
- $110,762
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEN DESMOND (President)
- MARK GAY (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- MARSHALL KING (Director)
- KEN DESMOND (President)
- STANLEY SAUCIER (Secretary)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Education and assistance to the fire services of the state of Maine
What it reported doing in 2014
Annual convention for the benefit of organization members, for purposess of information dissemination and the promotion of fellowship and cooperation
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for member benefits.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 16
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 17.3%; rating input score 17
- Program expense ratio: 15.2%; rating input score 15
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.7%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.66; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 17.3% of revenue deployed · 15.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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 17/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.