Texas Fire Marshals Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
741977992
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Rockwall, TX, USA
Phone
2145383457
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$293,439
Expenses
$245,506
Assets
$215,730
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Buddy Rice (President)
  • Kelly Kistner (First Vice President)
  • Ryan Smith (Second Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Buddy Rice (President)
  • Kelly Kistner (First Vice President)
  • Dan Mayes (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 mission of the Association is to encourage high professional standards of conduct among Fire Marshals and to continually strive to eliminate all factors which interfere with administration of fire prevention; to unite for mutual benefit those public officials and private persons to promote fire prevention in Texas; To provide for exchange of technical information and developments; To foster close cooperation and better understanding between governmental or industrial fire service organizations and

What it reported doing in 2024

The association conducted its annual conference in Austin Texas in October 2024. The conference provides significant educational opportunities to the fire marshals and fire prevention personnel of the State of Texas local jurisdictions members of industry code makers and local elected officials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.7% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $246K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.