Diablo Firesafe Council

Analysis

Diablo Firesafe Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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 2023, Diablo Firesafe Council reported income of $162k and spending of $165k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $248k to $162k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Diablo Firesafe Council sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hillandale Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($162k), Volunteer Emergency Relief Inc ($162k) and National Hydrologic Warning Councilinc ($162k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 6.8% of the total. At year end it held assets of $116k against liabilities of $90k, net assets of $26k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.