West Texas Safety Training Center

Analysis

West Texas Safety Training Center is a registered charity in United States, based in Midland, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1994, 32 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 September 2024, West Texas Safety Training Center reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.4m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2024, income fell from $2.9m to $2.1m (-28%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, West Texas Safety Training Center sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 89th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Jersey Emergency Medical Services Task Force Support Group ($2.1m), Sccomadc ($2.1m) and Delmar Volunteer Ambulance Service Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $305k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $607k. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $145k, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 32 employees.