Trimont Firemens Relief Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 416029679
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Trimont, MN, USA
- Phone
- 5076392060
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $38,898
- Expenses
- $67,039
- Assets
- $59,463
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN HILGENDORF (PRESIDENT)
- NATHAN VRIEZE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KEVIN HILGENDORF (PRESIDENT)
- NATHAN VRIEZE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DYLAN PAULSON (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
The trimont firemens relief association consists of two separate funds and their primary purpose is to: special fund- provide disability and pension payments to its members, this fund is now part of state-wide pera system. General fund- raise funds for the welfare of the association and its members and provide funding for the purchase of equipment for the department.
What it reported doing in 2025
The relief association raises money for the purchase of firefighting equipment and other support of other local firefighting efforts. There were 17 active members in 2025.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 61% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 95.2%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -72.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 44; 44th 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 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 95.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.