Red Hill Volunteer Fire Department

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
630962224
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Tallassee, AL, USA
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,118
Expenses
$99,287
Assets
$344,504

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Charles A Chambers (Chief)
  • Chad L Moore (Asst Chief)
  • Charles Whatley (Captain)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a Volunteer Fire Department serving the communities of Red Hill and Kent Alabama to provide fire protection and rescue services. Area consists of 28.6 square miles. We also provide fire prevention and life safety programs for both communities. Our jurisdiction contains approximately 1000 residences 3,100 residents 21 businesses 4 churches as well as a Hydroelectric Dam Martin Dam. Also included in our district is 5800 acres of state owned recreational hunting property Yates Lake WMA.

What it reported doing in 2025

Red Hill Fire Department achieved goal for 2024 to change ISO classification from 5 9 to a 4 rating. In 2025 the Red Hill Fire Dept had only 1 board member left and the department decided to institute new board by using all the Officer Corps and add 2 non-officer members at large from fire department that serve on a 2 year rotating schedule.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.7%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 9

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.47; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.7% of revenue deployed · 8.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 9/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.