Associated Press Emergency Relief Fund

Analysis

Associated Press Emergency Relief Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public safety, disaster preparedness and relief, which this site groups under armed forces, emergency and public safety. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Associated Press Emergency Relief Fund reported income of $130k and spending of $487k, spending 375% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $76k to $130k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 167%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 9,128 United States charities whose main cause is armed forces, emergency and public safety and that reported income, Associated Press Emergency Relief Fund sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stony Brook Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc ($130k), Keweenaw Atv Club ($130k) and Quinlan Volunteer Fire Department ($130k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.