Clackamas Fire and Emergency Medical Foundation

Analysis

Clackamas Fire and Emergency Medical Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Sandy, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1998, 28 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, Clackamas Fire and Emergency Medical Foundation reported income of $264k and spending of $52k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $336k to $264k (-21%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 440%. Over the whole period it spent 68% 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, Clackamas Fire and Emergency Medical Foundation sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept ($264k), Mastic Fire Department ($264k) and Silver Cliff Rescue Squad Inc ($264k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $473k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $473k.