South Barren Volunteer Fire Department

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611147750
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Glasgow, KY, USA
Phone
2706784576
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,724
Expenses
$133,151
Assets
$420,570
Liabilities
$48,656

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUG FURLONG (PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN PERKINS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUG FURLONG (PRESIDENT)
  • DEAN BRIDGES (SECRETARY)
  • LINDSIE LOGSDON (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide low cost fire protection service to a rural area of approximately 75 square miles containing approximately 6,500 residents

What it reported doing in 2025

South barren volunteer fire department, inc. Proudly protects approximately 6,500 residents living in an area of 73.1 square miles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -85.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.16; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.