Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation

Analysis

Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Portola Valley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2010, 16 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 February 2024, Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation reported income of $728k and spending of $10.6m, spending 1461% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from February 2019 to February 2024, income grew from $310k to $728k (+135%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 2918%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Woodside-Portola Valley Fire Foundation sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Healthy Start ($727k), Sunshine Safety Council Inc ($728k) and Front Royal Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($726k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. It paid $6,913 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.4m.