King County Search and Rescue Association

Analysis

King County Search and Rescue Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Bellevue, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1989, 37 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 2022, King County Search and Rescue Association reported income of $236k and spending of $227k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2022, income grew from $232k to $236k (+1.7%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 111% 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, King County Search and Rescue Association sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 55th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nexthome Disaster Relief Foundation ($236k), Hianloland Fire Company ($236k) and Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Foundation Inc ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $407k against liabilities of $36k, net assets of $371k.