District 2 Fire and Rescue

Analysis

District 2 Fire and Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in San Antonio, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 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 September 2023, District 2 Fire and Rescue reported income of $1.7m and spending of $2.7m, spending 158% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $788k to $1.7m (+120%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 177%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, District 2 Fire and Rescue sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire Dept Inc ($1.7m), Easton Emergency Squad ($1.7m) and Howards Creek Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $19.8m against liabilities of $10.1m, net assets of $9.7m.