Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy

Analysis

Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy reported income of $109k and spending of $87k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $59k to $109k (+83%), an average of +83% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Tennessee Kentucky Wildland Fire Academy sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 39th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Papa Johns Disaster Relief Fund Inc ($109k), Lavallette Volunteer First Squad ($109k) and Terry Farrell Firefighters Fund of Co Inc ($108k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $21k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $21k.