Terlingua Fire & Ems Inc

Analysis

Terlingua Fire & Ems Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Terlingua, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1989, 37 years ago. 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, Terlingua Fire & Ems Inc reported income of $680k and spending of $673k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $448k to $680k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Terlingua Fire & Ems Inc sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile, and in the 79th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bowie Boys & Girls Club Inc ($680k), Leadership Greater Hartford Inc ($680k) and Quality Mental Health Inc ($680k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 72% and program service revenue 28% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $318k. At year end it held assets of $592k against liabilities of $192k, net assets of $399k. It reported 17 employees.