Washington State Firefighters Training and Education Fund

Analysis

Washington State Firefighters Training and Education Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Everett, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. 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 Training and Education Fund reported income of $213k and spending of $136k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $72k to $213k (+198%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Washington State Firefighters Training and Education Fund sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Texas Lions Foundation Inc ($213k), Downtown Smithfield Development Corporation ($213k) and South Florida Community Development Coalition Inc ($213k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 45% of the total. At year end it held assets of $477k against liabilities of $630, net assets of $476k.