Austin Firefighters Relief & Outreach Fund

Analysis

Austin Firefighters Relief & Outreach Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Austin, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2002, 24 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, Austin Firefighters Relief & Outreach Fund reported income of $107k and spending of $74k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $162k to $107k (-34%), an average of -34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 58% 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, Austin Firefighters Relief & Outreach Fund sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hammond Fire and Rescue Inc ($107k), Reinbeck Farmers Fire Association Inc ($107k) and A Friend in Deed Inc ($106k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $424k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $424k.