Westerville Fire Fighters Memorial

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311743568
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Westerville, OH, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Historical Societies, Related Historical Activities

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,790
Expenses
$4,170
Assets
$84,168

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS C ULLOM (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • THOMAS C ULLOM (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHRYN L ULLOM (SECRETARY)
  • GREG CHAMBLIN SR (TREASURER)

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

Provision of academic scholarships.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provision of academic scholarships to students who are either: relatives of firefighters or plan to study firefighting.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.18; rating input score 96; 96th 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: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.2% of revenue deployed · 95.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K 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: 12 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.