Friends of the Spur Texas Fire Department

Analysis

Friends of the Spur Texas Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Spur, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. The IRS classifies it as a supporting organisation (type i) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Friends of the Spur Texas Fire Department reported income of $1.4m and spending of $1,239, leaving 100% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $540k to $1.4m (+153%), an average of +153% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 3.7% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Friends of the Spur Texas Fire Department 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 83rd percentile, and in the 86th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Foundation ($1.4m), St Luke Lutheran Community - Minerva ($1.4m) and Cascade Policy Institute ($1.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $1.8m, net assets of $1.8m.