Bear Grass Fire Rescue Inc

Analysis

Bear Grass Fire Rescue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Williamston, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1990, 36 years ago. 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 June 2023, Bear Grass Fire Rescue Inc reported income of $538k and spending of $284k, leaving 47% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $230k to $538k (+134%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 56% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Bear Grass Fire Rescue Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of California Symphony Orchestras ($538k), Boy Scouts of America ($538k) and Skippack Emergency Medical Services Inc ($538k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $205k, net assets of $1.1m.