Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board

Analysis

Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board is a registered charity in United States, based in Blaine, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2001, 25 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 December 2023, Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board reported income of $657k and spending of $708k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $525k to $657k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Minnesota Fire Service Certification Board sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bay-Ridge Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($656k), Hope Fire Company ($657k) and Dicks Sporting Goods Teammate Relief Fund ($656k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $196k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $196k.