The Upland Fire Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510494427
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Upland, CA, USA
Phone
9512192551
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL SEGALLA (President)
  • CAROL TIMM (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL SEGALLA (President)
  • JEFF SCHNEIDER (Secretary)
  • RYAN GARDY (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The specific chartible and public purposes for which the corporation is organized is to:(1) support the purchase of equipment for operational use by firefighters of the upland fire department;(2) support educational and technical training programs for firefighters of the upland fire department;(3) support the upland fire department public education program for children, youth, adults, and elders;(4) provide immediate and temporary assistance to upland residents who have suffered a catastrophic event;(5) and other charitable organizations within the community as deemed appropriate by a majority vote of the board of directors.

What it reported doing in 2017

Receive public contributions to assist the upland fire department with equipment purchases; educational & technical training programs for the firefighters of the upland fire department; support the upland fire department public education program for children, youth, adults and elders; and, provide assistance to upland residents who have suffered a catastrophic event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -185% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -51.9% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.