Lindstrom Volunteer Firemans Relief Association

Analysis

Lindstrom Volunteer Firemans Relief Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Lindstrom, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 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, Lindstrom Volunteer Firemans Relief Association reported income of $222k and spending of $158k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $96k to $222k (+132%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Lindstrom Volunteer Firemans Relief Association sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Miguel Search and Rescue ($222k), Windsor Fire Company Inc ($223k) and Laurel County Fire Department Inc ($222k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $240, net assets of $1.3m. It reported 4 employees.