Pleasantville Fire Rescue Associati

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141886867
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pleasantville, IA, USA
Phone
6418912560
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$353,344
Expenses
$309,627
Assets
$529,369
Liabilities
$355,629

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JORDAN VAN NESS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • BRUCE CLARK (DIRECTOR)
  • KODY JURGENS (DIRECTOR)
  • RACHEL LOPEZ (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pleasantville fire rescue association is a volunteer rescue department consisting of a fire operations division and an emergency medical services division. It provides fire and ambulance services to approximately 130 square miles in marion and warren counties with a total population of nearly 10,000.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the 2019-2020 fiscal year, pleasantville fire & rescue responded to 338 calls for service with 278 medical calls answered and 60 fire calls covered. Pleasantville fire & rescue currently maintains its aed program with the school district and pleasantville police. Fire prevention was completed with pleasantville schools and local day cares reaching over 350 students. The program allows students to come to the fire station and be part of a fire safety presentation, look through trucks, and have a snack with the firefighters. Pleasantville fire & rescue continues to be an integral part of community events, and countywide projects. Including: gladys black days, home football games medical stand-by, knoxville nationals ems coverage, july 4th activities, chiefs annual motorcycle race, and numerous other community functions and school parades. Fire administration has also worked with city officials and planners with hydrant upgrades, plans reviews during new construction and a knox box entry program for new commerical structures and multi unit residential living units.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.2%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.71; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.67; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.2% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $297K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.