Upper Arkansas Valley Wildfire Foundation

Analysis

Upper Arkansas Valley Wildfire Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Alamosa, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1998, 28 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, Upper Arkansas Valley Wildfire Foundation reported income of $457k and spending of $473k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $471k to $457k (-3.0%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Upper Arkansas Valley Wildfire Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Doss Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($457k), Grimesland Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($457k) and Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company ($456k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 17% and program service revenue 83% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $75k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $254k against liabilities of $190k, net assets of $64k. It reported 3 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.