Taneytown Volunteer Fire Co 1

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
526050518
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Taneytown, MD, USA
Phone
4433752700
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$510,241
Expenses
$357,047
Assets
$3,174,811
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES HAINES (PRESIDENT)
  • DONALD SHOEMAKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRETT SIX (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES HAINES (PRESIDENT)
  • DONALD SHOEMAKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES H PARKER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide ambulance and fire protection services to the community at large. Also provide fire prevention and safety services to the community at large.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 48
  • Sustainability: 85
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 10th 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: 41.7%; rating input score 42; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.89; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $333K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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: Independent voting board scored 42/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.