Flagstaff International Relief Effort F I R E

Analysis

Flagstaff International Relief Effort F I R E is a registered charity in United States, based in Flagstaff, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Flagstaff International Relief Effort F I R E reported income of $182k and spending of $245k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $261k to $182k (-31%), an average of -8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 179%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Flagstaff International Relief Effort F I R E sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Interfaith Health and Support Services of Southern Ocean County ($182k), Project M25 Missions ($182k) and Perpetual Help Home Inc ($182k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 12% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $101k (41% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $45k. At year end it held assets of $50k against liabilities of $435k, net assets of -$385k. It reported 2 employees.