Tyringham Voluntary Fire Company Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364886094
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Tyringham, MA, USA
Phone
4132430448
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,164
Expenses
$10,275
Assets
$409,566

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES SLATER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHARLES SLATER (PRESIDENT)
  • LAURA LEE BERTRAM (TREASURER)
  • BILL ROCHE (CLERK)

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

To train, equip and maintain a fire company, fire apparatus and all other necessary facilities for the purpose of providing protection against fire explosion and disaster to the inhabitants of tryingham and surrounding communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

To train, equip and maintain a fire company, fire apparatus and all other necessary facilities for the purpose of providing protection against fire explosion and disasterto the inhabitants of tryingham and surrounding communities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% 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

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: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.8%; rating input score 1
  • Program expense ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 2

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 79.1%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 39.86; rating input score 98; 98th 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: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.8% of revenue deployed · 1.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $200 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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 1/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.