Fire and Focus Scholarship Fund

Analysis

Fire and Focus Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Columbus, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. 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, Fire and Focus Scholarship Fund reported income of $236k and spending of $188k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $236k (+22%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Fire and Focus Scholarship Fund sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation Inc ($236k), Youth Development Foundation of Pinellas County Inc ($236k) and Fullerton Public Library Foundation ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $290k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $290k.