El Dorado County Fire Safe Council

Analysis

El Dorado County Fire Safe Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Placerville, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2002, 24 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 June 2024, El Dorado County Fire Safe Council reported income of $2.2m and spending of $1.7m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.5m to $2.2m (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, El Dorado County Fire Safe Council sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sepsis Alliance ($2.2m), Clearfield E M S Inc ($2.2m) and Monrovia Volunteer Fire Department ($2.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 4.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $11.6m against liabilities of $10.5m, net assets of $1.1m.