Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202499395
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Trinity Center, CA, USA
Phone
5302663420
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$70,949
Expenses
$15,977
Assets
$69,374
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

  • Susan Chatterton (President)
  • Linda Burch (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Susan Chatterton (President)
  • Linda Burch (Vice President)
  • Carol Fall (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 Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary is an association dedicated to supporting the Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department. The all-volunteer fire department provides fire, rescue, medical and traffic control services in the Trinity Center Community Services District and the Coffee Creek Fire District in northern California's Trinity County.

What it reported doing in 2025

To support the Trinity Center Volunteer Fire Department, the Auxiliary raises funds through annual special events (Breakfasts & Yard Sale) and an annual Appeals Letter requesting donations from the community. The Auxiliary also applies for grants. Although the Trinity Center VFD receives tax revenue as a division of the Trinity Center Community Services District, the tax revenue is not sufficient for capital outlay or large equipment and building expenditures. The 2025 focus was to refurbish the old fire hall, making it suitable for training with new doors and windows. The remodel efforts continue beyond 2025. To enable our First Responders to locate remote rural homes in time-critical 911 calls, the Auxiliary makes and installs high-visibility address signs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.3%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 77.5%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.34; rating input score 81; 81st 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: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.3% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.