Professional Firefighters of Vermont

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030358638
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Montpelier, VT, USA
Phone
8023055510
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$93,252
Expenses
$68,325
Assets
$587,200
Liabilities
$2,916

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER DUBE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER DUBE (PRESIDENT): $5,000 total reported compensation
  • WILL LALIBERTY (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $5,000 total reported compensation
  • KYLE GOODRICH (TRUSTEE): $1,250 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide a medium for networking amongst the career firefighters of the state. The mission is to function in concert with the other emergency services associations of Vermont, for the advancement of the fire service as well as to enhance the quality of life, carrer retention/advancement, and political awareness. This will be accomplished through professional and recreational interaction, in a non-profit organizational environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the fiscal year ending june 30, 2025, the professional firefighters of Vermont (ppfv) continued to move and advance our goals and objectives of our mission statement by providing fire prevention to families across Vermont through the distribution of 15,000 fire safety coloring books to elementary schools, fire stations, and pediatricians offices. Additionally, we distributed smoke detector batteries to Vermont households through our office. We continue to provide outreach and advocacy for career firefighters, emt's, and paramedics at the local, state, and federal levels. This outreach to our members has been accomplished through training opportunities, membership seminars, and online resources and education. The pffv continues to provide multifaceted services to our affiliates on a daily basis as the clearinghouse for all member and affiliate requests.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 33
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 86%; rating input score 86; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.59; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -17.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $5K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.