N C Fallen Firefighters Foundation

Analysis

N C Fallen Firefighters Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Mocksville, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2000, 26 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, N C Fallen Firefighters Foundation reported income of $169k and spending of $170k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $102k to $169k (+66%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 195%. 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, N C Fallen Firefighters Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 48th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($169k), Wattsville Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($169k) and Mountain Home Volunteer Fire Department ($169k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 46% and program service revenue 53% of the total. At year end it held assets of $224k against liabilities of $2,287, net assets of $222k.