Squires Volunteer Fire Department
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431305723
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Squires, MO, USA
- Phone
- 9402554981
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fire Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $118,009
- Expenses
- $54,517
- Assets
- $652,978
- Liabilities
- $1,245
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRIS MEREDITH (PRESIDENT)
- RAY HOFFMASTER (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHRIS MEREDITH (PRESIDENT)
- RAY HOFFMASTER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DEBBY COOPER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The squires volunteer fire department exists to serve the area around squires, as registered with the county commissioners of douglas county for fire suppression and protection as well as other emergency response. This department spends all of it's time in activities tied to emergency response, either in readiness, fund raising, community outreach, or actual incident response. Our expenses are entirely allocated to supporting this activity, large expenses being insurance, utilities, equipment, and maintenance. The activity of the department is entirely focused on supporting the well being and safety of our community and the area in general.
What it reported doing in 2024
Fire/rescue - squires volunteer fire dept was created to serve squires, mo and the surrounding community in combating structural and brush fires. Providing emergency response to medical calls, accidents, natural disasters and interfacing with the community with educational seminars, benefits and other social engagements.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 67% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 42
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 85
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 33.3%; rating input score 33
- Program expense ratio: 71.1%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 53.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 11.98; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 38% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.2% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 33.3% of revenue deployed · 71.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $39K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.