Pickwick Fire and Rescue

Analysis

Pickwick Fire and Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Winona, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2013, 13 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 December 2023, Pickwick Fire and Rescue reported income of $95k and spending of $102k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $337k to $95k (-72%), an average of -27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Pickwick Fire and Rescue sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Broadview Volunteer Fire Department ($95k), Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue ($95k) and Jeremy Stoke Legacy Fire Foundation ($95k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 33% and program service revenue 57% of the total. At year end it held assets of $547k against liabilities of $50k, net assets of $497k.