Ventura County Fire Department Benefit Fund

Analysis

Ventura County Fire Department Benefit Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Camarillo, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1982, 44 years ago. 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 August 2024, Ventura County Fire Department Benefit Fund reported income of $247k and spending of $136k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from August 2019 to August 2024, income fell from $280k to $247k (-12%), an average of -2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 1044%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Ventura County Fire Department Benefit Fund sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Western New York Sustainable Business Roundtable Ltd ($247k), Hamidian Training Institute ($247k) and Okmulgee County Humane Society ($247k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending August 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.5m.