Meadow Valley Fire Department Aka Meadow Valley Firemans Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942814959
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Meadow Valley, CA, USA
Phone
5302832620
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,536
Expenses
$7,223
Assets
$104,573

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROB WADE (Treasurer)
  • ERIC MCCROREY (Chairman)
  • RANDAL HICKS (Chairman)

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

Meadow Valley Fire Department is a volunteer fire department that both provides fire protection services and support for the Meadow Vally Fire District(county special district which also provides fire protection services for the community of Meadow Valley CA. The Fire Protection district owns the fire hall and equipment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Continue to provide fire fighting services to the community of Meadow Valley CA

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.48; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -31.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -24.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.