Tennessee Firefighters Emergency Relief Fund Inc

Analysis

Tennessee Firefighters Emergency Relief Fund Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Memphis, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1994, 32 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, Tennessee Firefighters Emergency Relief Fund Inc reported income of $82k and spending of $41k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $79k to $82k (+3.2%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 45% 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, Tennessee Firefighters Emergency Relief Fund Inc sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 31st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sophia Volunteer Fire Department ($81k), Nine Mile Ridge Volunteer Fire Depa Rtment Inc ($82k) and Fire Chiefs Association of Plymouth County Inc ($81k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $650k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $650k.