Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation

Analysis

Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sacramento, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation reported income of $303k and spending of $230k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $396k to $303k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 35% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cal Fire Benevolent Foundation sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 64th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Society of St Vincent de Paul Roscommon Thrift Store ($303k), Partners in Torah of Cleveland Inc ($303k) and Taking It to the Streets ($303k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 41% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.9m.