Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc

Analysis

Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Sonoma, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2013, 13 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 2022, Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc reported income of $148k and spending of $195k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $194k to $148k (-24%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 121% 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, Sonoma Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hickerson Station Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($148k), Bootjack Fire & Rescue Foundation Inc ($148k) and St Paul Fire Foundation ($148k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 154% and program service revenue 0.0% of the total. At year end it held assets of $294k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $294k.