Cultural Fire Management Council

Analysis

Cultural Fire Management Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Hoopa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Cultural Fire Management Council reported income of $2.5m and spending of $1.0m, leaving 59% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $360k to $2.5m (+602%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Cultural Fire Management Council sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keystone Elk Country Alliance ($2.5m), Trees Water and People ($2.5m) and Birdsong Nature Center Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $688k. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $32k, net assets of $2.2m.