Washington State Firefighters Association Incorporated

Analysis

Washington State Firefighters Association Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Olympia, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1980, 46 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, Washington State Firefighters Association Incorporated reported income of $247k and spending of $187k, leaving 24% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $149k to $247k (+65%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 198%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Washington State Firefighters Association Incorporated sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rowland Rural Fire Department Inc ($246k), Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department ($247k) and Roadracing World Action Fund Inc ($246k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 5.7% and program service revenue 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $559k against liabilities of $1,413, net assets of $558k.