Wilson County Fire Fighters Assoc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141857499
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lebanon, TN, USA
- Phone
- 6153081386
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $164,044
- Expenses
- $146,185
- Assets
- $71,449
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MATT CROSS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JAMES HENDRICKS (TREASURER): $5,300 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Wilson county fire fighters association is a local union organized to elevate fire fighting as a profession by improving its members' skills, efficiency, physical and moral condition.
What it reported doing in 2024
Wilson county fire fighters assoc. Organized to elevate fire fighting as a profession
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Multi-channel. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 21% for direct work, 5% for grants, 43% for affiliated organizations, and 30% for member benefits.
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 voting board members are independent.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 10
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 34.9%; rating input score 35
- Program expense ratio: 39.1%; rating input score 39
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 34.9% of revenue deployed · 39.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $5K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.