Hill & High Water

Analysis

Hill & High Water is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilmington, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2018, 8 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 December 2023, Hill & High Water reported income of $169k and spending of $182k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $124k to $169k (+37%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Hill & High Water 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 48th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Robertsville Volunteer Fire Co 1 ($169k), Greenwood Fire Company ($169k) and Shiloh Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($169k).

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 $18k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $18k.