North Dakota Safety Council

Analysis

North Dakota Safety Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Bismarck, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1980, 46 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, North Dakota Safety Council reported income of $4.0m and spending of $4.1m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $4.0m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, North Dakota Safety Council sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 90th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hatzalah of the Rockaways & Nassau County Inc ($3.9m), Flight Safety Foundation Inc ($4.0m) and Sam Bass Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($3.9m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 22% and program service revenue 73% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $233k (5.7% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.8m. At year end it held assets of $8.3m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $5.8m. It reported 38 employees.