The Stinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc

Analysis

The Stinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Stinson Beach, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2012, 14 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, The Stinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc reported income of $157k and spending of $68k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $597k to $157k (-74%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, The Stinson Beach Volunteer Firefighters Association Inc sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pine Beach Volunteer Fire Co No 1 ($157k), Elysian Fire Department Relief Association ($157k) and Hopewell Hose Company ($157k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $545k against liabilities of $3,223, net assets of $541k.