Bolinas Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc

Analysis

Bolinas Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Bolinas, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2021, 5 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, Bolinas Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc reported income of $67k and spending of $26k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $27k to $67k (+150%), an average of +150% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 150%. Over the whole period it spent 41% 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, Bolinas Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 28th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Compassionate Friends Foundation Inc ($67k), Tenafly Firemens Association Inc ($67k) and West Falls Fire Company Inc ($66k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $109k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $109k.