Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Association

Analysis

Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2006, 20 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, Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Association reported income of $6.3m and spending of $5.9m, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.3m to $6.3m (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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, Ponderosa Volunteer Fire Association sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile, and in the 95th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cencora Impact Foundation ($6.3m), Car Care Council Inc ($6.3m) and Governors Highway Safety Association Ghsa ($6.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.1% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $3.9m. At year end it held assets of $6.4m against liabilities of $1.1m, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 94 employees.