Firebox Initiative Inc

Analysis

Firebox Initiative Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in St Simons Is, GA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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, Firebox Initiative Inc reported income of $126k and spending of $145k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $229k to $126k (-45%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 200%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Firebox Initiative Inc sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 45th percentile within GA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forsyth Education Partnership ($126k), DBC Foundation ($126k) and Hector Firemans Relief Association ($126k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $93k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $93k.