Grand County Wildfire Council

Analysis

Grand County Wildfire Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Granby, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2015, 11 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, Grand County Wildfire Council reported income of $112k and spending of $183k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $269k to $112k (-58%), an average of -36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Grand County Wildfire Council sits at the 41st percentile: it is larger than about 41% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile, and in the 36th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Islip Fire Department ($112k), West Lake Limestone Fire Department Inc ($112k) and Alexander & Duke de Rego Foundation ($112k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $47k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $47k.