Bexar County Esd 5 Fire and Rescue

Analysis

Bexar County Esd 5 Fire and Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Somerset, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 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 September 2023, Bexar County Esd 5 Fire and Rescue reported income of $1.3m and spending of $862k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $600k to $1.3m (+115%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Bexar County Esd 5 Fire and Rescue sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include McDowell County Fire Commission ($1.3m), Foot Locker Foundation Inc ($1.3m) and Johnsburg Emergency Squad Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 2.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $2.5m, net assets of $1.5m.