The Lawton Fort Sill Fires Patriots Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874455079
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lawton, OK, USA
Phone
5803555463
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,000
Expenses
$43,099
Assets
$70,691

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUG STEPHENS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DOUG STEPHENS (PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT HATCH (TREASURER)
  • BRIAN HENRY (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Promotion of social welfare, including for such purpose: a. Conduct or support of nonpartisan analysis or studies and the distribution or publications thereof educating the community served, business leaders, policy makers, thought leaders, and other individuals and institutions on the fires center of excellence and fort sill and its missions, b. The conduct or support of public discussions on matters involving subjects beneficial to the communities served, c. To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the general corporation law of Oklahoma.

What it reported doing in 2025

Conduct or support of nonpartisan analysis or studies and the distribution or publications thereof educating the community served, business leaders, policy makers, thought leaders, and other individuals and institutions on the fires center of excellence and fort sill and its missions. Conduct or support of public discussions and matters involving subjects beneficial to the lawton ft sill community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.7%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 41.4%; rating input score 41

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.7% of revenue deployed · 41.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.