Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council

Analysis

Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council is a registered charity in United States, based in Idyllwild, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2002, 24 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, Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council reported income of $397k and spending of $488k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $672k to $397k (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountain Top Fire Company ($397k), Millbrook Volunteer Firefighters Association and Fire Company Inc ($397k) and Thomaston Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc ($396k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% and program service revenue 14% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $52k (11% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $110k. At year end it held assets of $206k against liabilities of $30k, net assets of $175k. It reported 8 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.