Riverside Emergency Services Association Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
473211538
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Riverside, IA, USA
Phone
3193301889
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$54,929
Expenses
$31,829
Assets
$194,809

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS SEXTON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAN STRIEGEL (DIRECTOR)
  • LEON SIMON (DIRECTOR)
  • KEVIN KIENE (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious, education and scientific purposes, including, for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. The specific purposes and objectives of this corporation shall be: 1. To assist riverside community fire department in the execution and performances of responsibilities to the citizens of riverside and vicinity with regard to the study and advancement of the science of fire prevention, fire protection and suppression and general emergency response. 2. To conduct civic and social services, charitable and fund raising activites which support the community and riverside community fire department. 3. To buy, own, lease, rent and hold real and personal property and operate and maintain said property for the purpose of carrying out, advancing and accomplishing its purpose and objectives: which may promote the interest of the corp

What it reported doing in 2025

To assist riverside community fire department in the advancement of the science of fire prevention, protection and suppression. To conduct services and fundraising activities to support the department.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 66% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 95.6%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 42.1%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.12; rating input score 86; 86th 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: -10% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59% of revenue deployed · 95.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.