Ventura County Fire Chiefs Assoc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770412716
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA, USA
Phone
8059144582
Rating
42
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,028
Expenses
$17,899
Assets
$97,322

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARSTEN GUTHRIE (President)
  • JEREMY HENDERSON (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • KARSTEN GUTHRIE (President)
  • JEREMY HENDERSON (Vice President)
  • ANTHONY ROMERO (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

To provide a mutual association of chief officers of fire departments within ventura county, ca; to promote uniformity of thinking through a friendly medium of exchange of information, relative to the efficient operation and well being of our departments; to coordinate all operations deemed necessary in times of mutual need; to exercise expertise in dealing with any matter that may effect our departments.

What it reported doing in 2025

Creation of the firefighter memorial

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
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 revenue 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: 8
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.3%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 8.4%; rating input score 8

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.44; rating input score 85; 85th 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: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.3% of revenue deployed · 8.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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 8/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.