Elysian Fire Department Relief Association

Analysis

Elysian Fire Department Relief Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Elysian, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 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, Elysian Fire Department Relief Association reported income of $157k and spending of $159k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $157k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Elysian Fire Department Relief Association sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc ($157k), Castleton Community Volunteer Fire Company ($157k) and Pine Beach Volunteer Fire Co No 1 ($157k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 50% of the total. At year end it held assets of $456k against liabilities of $66, net assets of $456k.