Jefferson County Fire Training Academy Inc

Analysis

Jefferson County Fire Training Academy Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Louisville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1997, 29 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, Jefferson County Fire Training Academy Inc reported income of $147k and spending of $292k, spending 198% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $136k to $147k (+8.7%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 144% 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, Jefferson County Fire Training Academy Inc sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keystone Fire Co No 1 ($147k), Porters Community Fire Company ($147k) and Brookline Fire Company ($147k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $65k, net assets of $1.5m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.