Schell Vista Volunteer Firemans Assn

Analysis

Schell Vista Volunteer Firemans Assn is a registered charity in United States, based in Sonoma, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 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, Schell Vista Volunteer Firemans Assn reported income of $155k and spending of $113k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $121k to $155k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 145% 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, Schell Vista Volunteer Firemans Assn sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silver Creek Fire Department ($155k), Lockney Volunteer Fire Department ($156k) and Canton Fire and Rescue Resources Corporation ($155k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 70% and program service revenue 0.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $593k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $593k.