National Fire Safety Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272219026
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Torrance, CA, USA
Phone
3107876569
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fire Prevention

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$27,028
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DONNIE MCCLESKEY (PRESIDENT)
  • CHAD COLLINS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DONNIE MCCLESKEY (PRESIDENT)
  • CHAD COLLINS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • COREE THOMAS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote social welfare, combat community deterioration, defend human and civil rights secured by law, and promote the common good and general welfare of the people by educating the public about fire safety and promoting the safe use of government-approved fireworks. To reach these objectives, nfsa may promote the adoption or rejection of legislation, regulations, and judicial decisions; and by direct communication with, and urging the public to contact, public officials concerning policy issues relating to the goals for the corporation, subject to the limitations of a 501c4 organization.

What it reported doing in 2016

Educational campaign to increase awareness of firework safety and the historical role of fireworks.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -35.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.