The Florida Joint Council of Fire and Emergency Services Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815083574
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Hobe Sound, FL, USA
- Phone
- 7729321555
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,463
- Expenses
- $45,794
- Assets
- $48,530
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- RICK BUTCHER (CHAIRMAN)
- JON PASQUALONE (TREASURER)
- JON RAULERSON (DIRECTOR)
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
To honor the fallen
What it reported doing in 2025
Each year, the Florida joint council of fire and emergency services (joint council) and the division of state fire marshal hosts the fallen firefighter memorial service at the Florida state fire college in ocala. An additional recognition is held at the state capitol during the annual legislative session. These events honor the families of our fallen heroes with a traditional fire service presentation of gratitude for their ultimate sacrifice. The ceremonies include pipe and drum units, honor guard representation from all over Florida and a large contingent of fire service leadership. Each family is presented with a memorial medallion and a flag in honor of their loved one at the ocala service and the names of the fallen are engraved in granite tablets surrounding the memorials in both ocala and tallahassee. All funds raised are utilized to support the two memorial services and family accommodations at the ocala memorial services. The fund-raising campaign assured we were able to provide hotel accommodations for our families recognized, plus all associated costs related to the service ie; tents and chair rentals, florals, food for families and honor guard volunteers, etc. An additional event is held at the capitol in tallahassee in conjunction with the memorial recognition where the fire service recognizes excellence in service in the form of "of the year awards" recognized by the cfo, governor and cabinet. Associated costs for this event are paid through the joint council.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: -240.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -100.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $41K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.