Inner Fire

Analysis

Inner Fire is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookline, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Inner Fire reported income of $1.2m and spending of $750k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $627k to $1.2m (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Inner Fire sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Autism Science Foundation ($1.2m), Cerebral Palsy Center for Handicapped Adults Inc ($1.2m) and Mystic River Ambulance Association Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% and program service revenue 53% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $393k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $5,750, net assets of $1.4m. It reported 24 employees.