Palomar Mountain Fire Safe Council Foundation Dba Pmfsc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201465663
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Palomar Mountain, CA, USA
Phone
6198892032
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Safety Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,669
Expenses
$59,266
Assets
$24,188

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YVONNE VAUCHER (President)
  • ROBERT CARLYLE (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • YVONNE VAUCHER (President)
  • GINA AVEN (Treasurer)
  • CECELIA BORLAND (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission is to reduce the fuel load in the side of palomar mountain and within reach of residential neighborhoods on top of the mountain and to enhance the ability of firefighting organizations to gain control by clearing brush and dead trees.

What it reported doing in 2024

The primary activity of the organization is to obtain government grants to be used to reduce the fuel load in the sides of palomar mountain and within reach of residential neighborhoods on top of the mountain. By clearing brush and dead trees, we enhance the ability of firefighting organizations to gain control in our very high risk fire environment. We contract with experienced, licensed contractors to perform the field work.

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
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.7%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 97.4%; rating input score 97

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: 16.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.7% of revenue deployed · 97.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.