Highway 168 Fire Safe Council

Analysis

Highway 168 Fire Safe Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Prather, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2002, 24 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, Highway 168 Fire Safe Council reported income of $1.8m and spending of $1.5m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $36k to $1.8m (+4808%), an average of +165% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 4936%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Highway 168 Fire Safe Council sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edneyville Volunteer Fire Rescue ($1.8m), Economy Volunteer Ambulance Service ($1.8m) and Footprint Project ($1.8m).

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 $634k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $634k.