Rocksprings Edwards County Volunteer Fire Department
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800518254
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Rocksprings, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8306832504
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,151
- Expenses
- $218,593
- Assets
- $358,184
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- TIFFANY WHITWORTH (SECRETARY/TREASURER): $11,997 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 protect life and property from fire and other disasters, assist other emergency responders when called upon to do so, promote health and safety of the public and the membership of the department, promote the education of children, the membership of the department, and the public in fire prevention and fire protection, and promote community cooperation.
What it reported doing in 2024
The rocksprings edwards county volunteer fire department began in 2009 and has since been a very active part of the community. From the beginning, its mission has been to serve the needs of the public and protect life and property from fire and other disasters. Its 18 current volunteers mainly do this through firefighting, whether it be grass fires, structure fires, car fires and wrecks, search and rescue, high-water rescue, and emergency management.rocksprings edwards county volunteer fire department also assists all other emergency responders within edwards county when called upon, including the edwards county sheriff's office and the edwards county ems department.volunteer work is primarily conducted within edwards county; however, the organization does assist other emergency responders from the surrounding counties, such as sutton county, real county and val verde county.additionally, rocksprings edwards county volunteer fire department provides fire safety education to the local school district and provides further support by escorting the sports and uil teams in, and out of town whenever they advance to regionals/state competitions.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 87
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 95%; rating input score 95; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -98.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 20 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $175K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.