San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council Inc

Analysis

San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in SN Luis Obisp, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council Inc reported income of $2.1m and spending of $3.9m, spending 188% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.9m to $2.1m (-29%), an average of -8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 201%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council Inc 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 87th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Endeavor Emergency Squad Inc ($2.1m), Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway Maryland Incorporated ($2.1m) and Huntington Community First Aid Squad Inc ($2.0m).

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 $427k against liabilities of $379k, net assets of $48k.