West Point Volunteer Fire Departmen

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
546047138
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
West Point, VA, USA
Phone
4023723146
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fire Prevention

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,340,904
Expenses
$1,076,777
Assets
$3,792,498
Liabilities
$1,425,803

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANNA HARDIE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEANNA HARDIE (PRESIDENT)
  • BOB WADE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • STEPHANIE MILLER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provides continuous fire protection and emergency services in the state of Virginia for the town of west point, the southern portions of king william and king queen counties, and the western portion of new kent county.

What it reported doing in 2025

The west point volunteer fire department and rescue squad inc. Provides continuous fire protection and emergency services in the state of Virginia, for the town of west point, the southern portions of king william and king & queen county and western portion of new kent county. The organization consists mostly of volunteers, all of who are trained in each classification. Medical services range from minor first aid to advanced life support including transportation to local hospitals. Fire services include supressing all types of fires and response to any life threatening emergency. Charges for ambulance survice are assessed only for those who are insured. The fire department receives financial support from donations from the general public and from the local municipalities of the three counties and the town for which the services are provided.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: $28,071.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.52; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.9% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.