Evergreen Safety Council

Analysis

Evergreen Safety Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellingham, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1979, 47 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 June 2023, Evergreen Safety Council reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.9m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income fell from $2.2m to $1.7m (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Evergreen Safety Council sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Santa Barbara County Fire Safe Council ($1.7m), Ocean Reef Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.7m) and Healthy Start Community Coalition of Okaloosa-Walton Counties Inc ($1.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.6% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $239k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $681k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $294k, net assets of $1.7m. It reported 16 employees.