Amador Fire Safe Council

Analysis

Amador Fire Safe Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Pine Grove, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 December 2023, Amador Fire Safe Council reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from March 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $396k to $1.4m (+244%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 149%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Amador Fire Safe Council 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 83rd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Co & Rescue Team ($1.4m), Media Fire & Hook & Ladder Co No 1 Inc ($1.4m) and Fruitland Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.0m against liabilities of $623k, net assets of $389k.