Western Fire Cheifs Assn

Analysis

Western Fire Cheifs Assn is a registered charity in United States, based in Wilsonville, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1966, 60 years ago. 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 2022, Western Fire Cheifs Assn reported income of $2.8m and spending of $3.0m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $2.2m to $2.8m (+27%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Western Fire Cheifs Assn sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elks Youth Eye Service ($2.8m), Clayton Medical Research Foundation Inc ($2.8m) and Dakota Plains Legal Services Inc ($2.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 32% and program service revenue 47% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $24k (0.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $847k. At year end it held assets of $1.9m against liabilities of $961k, net assets of $951k. It reported 24 employees.