New Orleans Fire Fighters Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205480606
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- New Orleans, LA, USA
- Phone
- 5046584720
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,388
- Expenses
- $92,056
- Assets
- $4,692
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Ashton J Ryan Jr (Chairman)
- David W Anderson (Secretary)
- Gayle Dellinger (Director)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To receive gifts, contributions and grants of money or property from individuals, private organizations, public sources and any agency of the City or State of Louisiana or of the United States of America, and to apply, pay out or disburse those gifts, contributions and grants or their proceeds for the benefit of the people residing, working, visiting in the City of New Orleans, with this objective to be furthered by funding, assisting or undertaking programs and activities designed to strengthen the services, organizations, performance, competence, integrity and professionalism of the Fire Department of the City of New Orleans and its officers and members.To pursue independent research, studies, projects and programs to assist and improve the Fire Department and its facilities, operations, effectiveness, membership and the public understanding thereof, whether initiated or conducted by the Corporation, or the Fire Department, or its membership, or otherwise.To operate without pecuniary
What it reported doing in 2015
Entity has received gifts, contributions and grants of money or property from individuals, private organizations, public sources and any agency of the City or State of Louisiana or of the United States of America, and to apply, pay out or disburse those gifts, contributions and grants or their proceeds for the benefit of the people residing, working, visiting in the City of New Orleans, with this objective to be furthered by funding, assisting or undertaking programs and activities designed to strengthen the services, organizations, performance, competence, integrity and professionalism of the Fire Department of the City of New Orleans and its officers and members.
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
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.6%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3,754.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 89% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -54.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -23.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2012 to 2015
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.