Ohio Fire & Emergency Services Foundation

Analysis

Ohio Fire & Emergency Services Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Worthington, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1991, 35 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, Ohio Fire & Emergency Services Foundation reported income of $450k and spending of $378k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $363k to $450k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Ohio Fire & Emergency Services Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Triple Community Fire Department ($450k), Cambria Volunteer Fire Co ($450k) and Youngstown Volunteer Fire Co ($450k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $475k against liabilities of $16k, net assets of $459k.