To furnish Fire protection to operate, use and maintain Fire-fighting apparatus, to provide the services of its volunteer members for Fire-fighting or incidental purposes, to aid in civil defense, and to promote, guard and protect the public welfare and safety, to contract with others furnish Fire protection, to lend assistance to neighboring towns and communities when requested under contract of mutual aid agreement, to purchase or otherwise acquire, hold, use, lease, sell, exchange, transfer and dispose of property, real and personal, of every kind and description, or any interest therein, for Fire-fighting purposes, and the doing of all things necessary or incidental thereto, or other emergencies that shall arise.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
93¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$500 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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FY2020 · 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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $53K a year · 34% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
93%
of spending
Looks good: 93% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$500
to officers and key staff · 0.4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 0% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
42 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 42.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$247
0.04% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
0
of 11 voting members
Concern: none of 11 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$169K
Spent
$114K
To programs
93%
Net assets
$577K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$169K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$169K
FY2021$153K
FY2022$164K
FY2023$152K
FY2024$147K
Expenses
$114K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$114K
FY2021$81K
FY2022$103K
FY2023$114K
FY2024$106K
Net assets
$577K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$577K
FY2021$650K
FY2022$710K
FY2023$748K
FY2024$789K

From the FY2020 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Aug 2007.

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

Where the money goes

93 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 93% · $107K Management & general 7% · $7K

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

5 people listed on the 990; $500 paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$500Pt VII · Sec A
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
V President
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Lee Braun’s $2K as Fire Chief is at the 14th percentile of top reported officer pay among 825 $100K–1M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lee Braun$1,500$1,500$1,500$1,500—
Chad Fortkamp$1,000$1,000$1,000$750—
Justin Stachler—$500$500$500$500
Nick Laffin$375————

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 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides volunteer firefighters and equipment for fire protection and public safety.

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2 programs · $77K · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Purchase of small firefighting equipment and equipment on fire trucks

$60Kprogram expense
02

Maintenance to fire fighting equipment, including fire trucks

$17Kprogram 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 1 funder$10K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$169K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$123K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$18K
Money outPt IX
$114K
Ln 25
Programscol B$107K
Managementcol C$7K
Owns and owesPt X
$577K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$405K
Total assetsLn 16$578K
LiabilitiesLn 26$247
PeoplePt VI, VII
5
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b0
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$18K
Government grantsLn 1e$11K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$123K
Investment incomeLn 3$2K
Other incomeLn 4–11$26K
Total revenueLn 12$169K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$79K
SavingsLn 2$326K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$405K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$173K
Total assetsLn 16$578K
LiabilitiesLn 26$247
Net assetsLn 32$577K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 614
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$350K$405K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$173K$173K
Total assetsLn 16$523K$578K
LiabilitiesLn 26$247$247
Net assetsLn 32$522K$577K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$500$500
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$766$766
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$6K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$7K$7K
TravelLn 17$805$805
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$77K$77K
Total functional expensesLn 25$114K$107K$7K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $147K$106K$41K$789K 990 PDF
FY2023 $152K$114K$37K$748K 990 PDF
FY2022 $164K$103K$60K$710K 990 PDF
FY2021 $153K$81K$72K$650K 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $169K$114K$55K$577K 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 $169,422 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $30,819$17,602
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $121,656$123,150
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,502$2,428
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $7,746$26,242
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $163,723$169,422
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $6,190$6,766
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $100,456$107,614
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $106,646$114,380
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $57,077$55,042
Part VI · Governance 0 of 11 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members0
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $169,422 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$10,565
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$7,037
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$17,602
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $123,150$123,150
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $2,428$2,428
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$26,242
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $125,578$169,422
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $114,380 across 11 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $500$500
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,500$5,500
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $766$766
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,280$2,280
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $1,295$1,295
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $5,682$5,682
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $6,671$6,671
IX-17 TravelPrograms $805$805
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,228$2,228
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $11,958$11,958
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $76,695$76,695
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $106,903 · Management $7,477 · Fundraising $0$114,380
Part X · Balance sheet $577,666 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $16,511$79,184
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $333,240$325,609
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $172,873$172,873
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $522,624$577,666
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $247$247
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $247$247
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $522,377$577,419
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $522,377$577,419
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $522,624$577,666
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $577,419 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$169,422
XI-2 Total expenses$114,380
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$55,042
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$522,377
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$577,419

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