Milwaukee Professional Fire Fighters Association Local No 215 Milwaukee

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
390210950
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4149758495
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,105,259
Expenses
$876,928
Assets
$1,335,884
Liabilities
$30

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC DAUN (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN MERKEL (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ERIC DAUN (PRESIDENT): $44,000 total reported compensation
  • JEREMY FELSECKER (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $26,500 total reported compensation
  • BRIAN MERKEL (VICE PRESIDENT): $26,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the organization is to organize its membership, to secure just compensation for its members' services and equitable settlement of their grievances, to promote the establishment of just and reasonable hour and working conditions, and to cultivate friendship and fellowship among its members.

What it reported doing in 2025

The objects of this organization are: the protection of its members; the strengthening of our civl service rules; the protection of, and strengthening of our pension laws; to increase our efficiency; to use honorable means for the betterment of our conditions; such other objects which civil service employees may combine, having in mind their mutual protection and benefit; to bear in mind at all times the rights of others and to promote harmony in the fire department.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for affiliated organizations.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 67
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.7%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $44K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.