Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council

Analysis

Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Murphys, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2003, 23 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, Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council reported income of $421k and spending of $249k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $849k to $421k (-50%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 594%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Calaveras Foothills Fire Safe Council sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include W B Strong Fire Company of Freeville Inc ($421k), Pulaski Tri County Fire Department Inc ($422k) and Chenango Bridge Fire Co Inc ($421k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $233k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $233k.