Salt Lake Valley Firefighters Assn

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203921849
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
West Jordan, UT, USA
Phone
8015752102
Rating
47
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,505
Expenses
$20,218
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JEREMY ROBERTSON (Trustee)
  • TREVOR TALLON (Trustee)
  • LISA DEMMONS (Trustee)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Create awareness of the firefighters job and efforts to maintain the high ideals and professional standards of firefighting, to recognize firefighters for outstanding performance, to help introduce legislation on both firefighter and community service issues and to support the university of Utah's health center's burn camp.

What it reported doing in 2017

Publish backdraft magazine, provided support for university of Utah burn centers' burn camp, provided support for salt lake city firefighters local 1645 and slat lake county firefighters local 1696.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 73% for direct work, and 27% for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 73
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 40%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 19

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -112.7%; rating input score 6; 6th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 40% of revenue deployed · 18.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.