Swatara Township Volunteer Fireman's Relief

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237410252
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7172155038
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$353,744
Expenses
$262,606
Assets
$1,327,647
Liabilities
$366,099

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAKOTA SHULTZ (PRESIDENT)
  • MARK BRADNICK (VICE-PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH CANULLI (TREASURER): $4,000 total reported compensation
  • DAKOTA SHULTZ (PRESIDENT): $2,000 total reported compensation
  • SHANE STEELE (SECRETARY): $2,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide funds for training, equipment and insurance as enumberated in pa act 84 - volunteer firemans relief act of 1968 provide for the safety of volunteer fireman.

What it reported doing in 2025

Purchase safety equipment and health and life insurance for the volunteer firefighters all income provided by the commonwealth of pa through a tax on fire insurance premiums from out of state companies pa auditor general audits every year

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.06; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $263K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.