Bandera Fire & Rescue

Analysis

Bandera Fire & Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Bandera, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2008, 18 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, Bandera Fire & Rescue reported income of $119k and spending of $43k, leaving 64% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $91k to $119k (+31%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 237%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Bandera Fire & Rescue sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 44th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alert Fire Company No 1 of Downingtown ($119k), Westminster Volunteer Fire Dept ($119k) and Pleasant Hill Fire Department ($119k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $892k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $892k.