LA Plata County Search and Rescue Inc

Analysis

LA Plata County Search and Rescue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Durango, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2014, 12 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, LA Plata County Search and Rescue Inc reported income of $221k and spending of $133k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $95k to $221k (+132%), an average of +132% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 132%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, LA Plata County Search and Rescue Inc sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redfield Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($221k), Snow Shoe Ambulance & Rescue Service ($221k) and Yulan Fire Department Inc ($221k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 23% of the total. At year end it held assets of $257k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $257k.