Fire Safe Sonoma

Analysis

Fire Safe Sonoma is a registered charity in United States, based in Santa Rosa, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1999, 27 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, Fire Safe Sonoma reported income of $1.1m and spending of $634k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $376k to $1.1m (+205%), an average of +75% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 92%. Over the whole period it spent 59% 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, Fire Safe Sonoma sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 82nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include W P Faist Volunteer Ambulance Corp ($1.1m), Alaska Marine Safety Education Association ($1.2m) and Purgatorie River Volunteer Fire Department ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% and program service revenue 0.2% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $112k. At year end it held assets of $948k against liabilities of $2,816, net assets of $945k. It reported 3 employees.