Mountain View Public Safety Foundation

Analysis

Mountain View Public Safety Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Mountain View, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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, Mountain View Public Safety Foundation reported income of $127k and spending of $149k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $323k to $127k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 62%. 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, Mountain View Public Safety Foundation sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Welch Volunteer Fire Department ($127k), Orchard Volunteer Fire Department ($127k) and Scotland Volunteer Fire Department ($127k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 104% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $34k (23% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $335k against liabilities of $3,491, net assets of $331k.