Saving lives and protecting property to the best of its ability in the towns of Underhill and Jericho, vermont and vicinity in the event of Fire or extreme emergency and to better educate firefighters in the Department.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
94¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$100K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $141K a year · 18% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
94%
of spending
Looks good: 94% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$100K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
16 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $559
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$262K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 7 voting members
Concern: none of 7 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$933K
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$783K
To programs
94%
Net assets
$2.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$933K
FY2024▲ +31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$602K
FY2021$685K
FY2022$660K
FY2023$714K
FY2024$933K
FY2025$1.2M
Expenses
$783K
FY2024▲ +16%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$542K
FY2021$605K
FY2022$587K
FY2023$676K
FY2024$783K
FY2025$765K
Net assets
$2.0M
FY2024▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$2.0M
FY2025$2.4M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1994.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 94% · $735K Management & general 6% · $48K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $100K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Ems Supervisor
$62,053Pt VII · Sec A
Chief/President
$6,271Pt VII · Sec A
$5,179Pt VII · Sec A
$4,912Pt VII · Sec A
$4,205Pt VII · Sec A
$3,681Pt VII · Sec A
1st Asst Chief/Bod Vice President
$3,636Pt VII · Sec A
$2,971Pt VII · Sec A

Andreas Forsberg Left During Fy25’s $17K as Ems Supervisor is at the 11th percentile of top reported officer pay among 433 $1–10M public safety & disaster nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Andreas Forsberg—$62,053$57,771$6,699$2,038—
Harry Schoppmann—————$60,739
Michelle Collins———$48,532$45,411—
Andreas Forsberg Left During Fy25$16,838—————
Joseph Casilli Left During Fy25$7,618—————
Mathew Champlin Left During Fy25$7,255—————
Mathew Champlin—$6,271$5,943$6,779$5,029$4,127
Pamela Martell$5,275$3,681$4,171$3,207$3,750$4,182

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Responds to fires and emergencies, saving lives and property, while educating firefighters.

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1 program · $735K · in their own filed words · FY2023
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Fight fires and respond to fire calls throughout Underhill, Jericho and surrounding area. Additionally, we provide EMS First Reponse to the same area.

$735Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$559

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$933K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$906K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Money outPt IX
$783K
Ln 25
Programscol B$735K
Managementcol C$48K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$262K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A13
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$906K
Government grantsLn 1e$840K
Investment incomeLn 3$8K
Other incomeLn 4–11$19K
Gains on assetsLn 7$2K
Total revenueLn 12$933K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$320K
SavingsLn 2$700K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$262K
Net assetsLn 32$2.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 550
VolunteersI 648
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$861K$1.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.2M$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$2.1M$2.2M
LiabilitiesLn 26$265K$262K
Net assetsLn 32$1.8M$2.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$96K$88K$8K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$78K$78K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$38K$38K
Payroll taxesLn 10$12K$12K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$18K$18K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$20K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$24K$24K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$86K$86K
TravelLn 17$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$6K$6K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$132K$132K
InsuranceLn 23$67K$67K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$202K$202K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$783K$735K$48K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.2M$765K$446K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $933K$783K$149K$2.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $714K$676K$38K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $660K$587K$73K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2021 $685K$605K$79K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2020 $602K$542K$60K$1.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $932,728 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $671,211$906,062
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $9,611$7,586
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $32,731$19,080
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $713,553$932,728
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $226,963$223,569
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $448,947$559,879
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $675,910$783,448
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $37,643$149,280
Part VI · Governance 0 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $932,728 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$839,793
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$66,269
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$906,062
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,811$5,811
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $4,500$4,500
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $1,775$1,775
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $14,580$14,580
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $16,355 · Excluded from tax $10,311$932,728
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $783,448 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $87,918 · Management $8,252$96,170
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $77,846$77,846
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $37,906$37,906
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $11,647$11,647
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,996$1,996
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,892$17,892
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $20,104$20,104
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $24,476$24,476
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $85,930$85,930
IX-17 Travel$0
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $6,413$6,413
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $132,469$132,469
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $66,563$66,563
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $202,076$202,076
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,960$1,960
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $735,204 · Management $48,244 · Fundraising $0$783,448
Part X · Balance sheet $2,240,474 assets, 12 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $193,161$320,022
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $667,375$700,026
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,913$17,163
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,214,036$1,203,263
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,094,485$2,240,474
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,197$28,534
X-19 Deferred revenue$11,150
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $6,873$7,641
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $265,478$262,187
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,829,007$1,978,287
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,829,007$1,978,287
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,094,485$2,240,474
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,978,287 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$932,728
XI-2 Total expenses$783,448
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$149,280
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,829,007
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,978,287

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