Colorado State Fire Fighters Foundation

Analysis

Colorado State Fire Fighters Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sterling, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2017, 9 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, Colorado State Fire Fighters Foundation reported income of $172k and spending of $141k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $241k to $172k (-29%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Colorado State Fire Fighters Foundation sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Monterey Firefighter Community Foundation ($171k), Jefferson Volunteer Fire Co ($172k) and Spring Lake First Aid and Emergency Squad ($171k).

At year end it held assets of $94k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $94k.