Grand County Search and Rescue

Analysis

Grand County Search and Rescue is a registered charity in United States, based in Winter Park, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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, Grand County Search and Rescue reported income of $354k and spending of $216k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $206k to $354k (+72%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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, Grand County Search and Rescue sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shawnee Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($353k), Snow Hill Rural Fire Department Inc ($354k) and Rye Volunteer Fire Fighters Inc ($352k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $641k against liabilities of $58k, net assets of $584k.