The East Bethel Firemens Relief Association

Analysis

The East Bethel Firemens Relief Association is a registered charity in United States, based in East Bethel, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2026. 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 2022, The East Bethel Firemens Relief Association reported income of $124k and spending of $537k, spending 433% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $197k to $124k (-37%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, The East Bethel Firemens Relief Association sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverside Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($124k), Spring Valley Volunteer Fire Dept ($124k) and Wisconsin Airport Management Associates Inc ($124k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.1m.