Sequoia Safety Council Inc

Analysis

Sequoia Safety Council Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Reedley, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1966, 60 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, Sequoia Safety Council Inc reported income of $5.1m and spending of $4.9m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.9m to $5.1m (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Sequoia Safety Council Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orange Rural Fire Department No 1 Inc ($5.1m), Santa Clara Fire Safe Council ($5.1m) and Global Cyber Alliance Inc ($5.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 94% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.9m. At year end it held assets of $5.5m against liabilities of $525k, net assets of $4.9m.