Rico Fire Rescue Inc.
Legal name: Ricofirerescue
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161755188
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2019
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Capitol Heights, MD, United States
- Phone
- 630-973-9341
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,123
- Expenses
- $26,605
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL MASON (PRESIDENT)
- STEVE CHIKEROTIS (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL MASON (PRESIDENT)
- CINDY ROSS (SECRETARY)
- NANCY MASON (TREASURER)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our Mission Statement RICOFIRERESCUE INC. is a not for profit organization dedicated to proactive training in the areas of firefighter rescue and survival as well as providing training in many other fireground behaviors. It is geared towards all members and ranks within the fire service and carries no political affiliation to any department or organization. Its sole purpose is to provide training and information that is dedicated to saving firefighters lives.
What it reported doing in 2019
Education and training in the area of firefighter rescue and survival is provided to members of the fire service in the form of a week long course. Abbreviated courses are offered to members of the fire service, who are unable to devote a full week to education and training.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 84.2%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -102.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -7.3% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2010 to 2019
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.