New Castle County Fire Chiefs Assoc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270596270
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
- Location
- New Castle, DE, USA
- Phone
- 3027403128
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,190
- Expenses
- $119,978
- Assets
- $286,445
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARK HARRIS (PRESIDENT)
- GORDON EDWARDS (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- MIKE PERRONE (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MIKE EMMELL (DIRECTOR)
- STEVE CATALANO (DIRECTOR)
- MARK HARRIS (PRESIDENT)
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 organization was formed to promote safeguarding of life and property against fire dangers, to establish standards for fire fighting practices, and to promote cooperation, efficiency and training among volunteer fire companies in new castle county. The organization also administers the approval and procurement of training equipment for five special operations teams comprised of members from the volunteer fire companies in Delaware.
What it reported doing in 2025
Administer the funding and training for the new castle county special operations team who provide specialized rescue and hazardous materials services to the residents of new castle county.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 80
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.1%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 33.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $120K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.