Safety Council of SW LA

Analysis

Safety Council of SW LA is a registered charity in United States, based in Sulphur, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1958, 68 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, Safety Council of SW LA reported income of $6.7m and spending of $3.8m, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $4.9m to $6.7m (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Safety Council of SW LA sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include United States Bomb Technician Association ($6.6m), East Lincoln County Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($6.7m) and Midwest Mission Distribution Center ($6.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.2% and program service revenue 68% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $16.2m against liabilities of $834k, net assets of $15.3m. It reported 42 employees.