Blackdog Fire Association

Analysis

Blackdog Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Tulsa, OK. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 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 June 2024, Blackdog Fire Association reported income of $133k and spending of $133k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2023 to June 2024, income fell from $216k to $133k (-38%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2024, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 62% 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, Blackdog Fire Association sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within OK. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charley Rouss Fire Company Endowment Fund ($133k), Jesani Smith Foundation ($133k) and Wheatfield Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($133k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $579k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $579k.