Peel Fire Protection District

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300174302
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Peel, AR, USA
Phone
8704369494
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,860
Expenses
$30,967
Assets
$647,112
Liabilities
$22,226

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN YATES (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE McQUITTY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTY MEYER VYNCKE (DIRECTOR & CO-PRESIDENT OF FRIENDS)

Highest reported compensation

  • RONALD BARTON (FIRE CHIEF): $1,200 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a volunteer fire & rescue department. In 2025 we had 52 first responder calls, 29 fire calls, 81 calls in total. We have 3 fire stations, 9 fire trucks, and about 32 volunteers. Our fire district serves about 650 property owners.

What it reported doing in 2025

We do not keep records by program services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. 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: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 38
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.9%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd 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: 37.5%; rating input score 38; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 51.5%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.9; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.9% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.