Nofires Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 455033248
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Easthampton, MA, USA
- Phone
- 4134296363
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Delinquency Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $116,039
- Expenses
- $54,743
- Assets
- $82,697
- Liabilities
- $33
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARTHA MURPHY KANE (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LOREN DAVINE (EXECUTIVE DI): $39,000 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 northwestern juvenile fire intervention response, education and safety partnership, inc., also known as nofires, inc., is organized exclusively for civic, charitable, education and scientific purposes, including: a. To protect our youth, their families and communities from dangerous and sometimes fatal juvenile fire-related behavior; b. To provide fire-related and life safety assessment, prevention education and intervention services for children and families; c. To provide training, teaching assistance, programs and materials relating to fire-related and life safety issues; d. To conduct research and disseminate information relating to fire-related and life safety issues, working closely with but not limiited to local schools, juvenile courts, fire departments, other non-profit organizations and private federal, state and municipal agencies, juveniles and their families.
What it reported doing in 2025
Nofires inc. Provided specialized interventions to juveniles with fire setting behaviors, and to their families, including screening, education and appropriate referrals for other services. Nofires inc. Also provided extensive training and support to fire service personnel and other professionals in the community who work with these youth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 5
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 47.2%; rating input score 47
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52.8%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 71.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 47.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $39K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.