Briscoe Fire Department
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO ACQUIRE, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN FIRFIGHTING, RESCUE AND OTHER EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY FROM AND DURING FIRE AND OTHER EMERGENCIES WITHIN THE AREA OF ITS OPERATION IN WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS. TO TEACH, EDUCATE AND TRAIN CITIZENS OF SAID AREA IN THE ART OF THE PREVENTION AND FIGHTING OF FIRES. TO PROVIDE RESCUE AND VARIOUS OTHER EMERGENCY SERVICES IN THE EVENT OF CATASTROPHE, ILLNESS AND ACCIDENT. TO RAISE THE FUNDS ESSENTIAL TO THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION THEREOF.
- Income
- $149,360
- Spending
- $116,960
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- TO ACQUIRE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND TRAIN IN THE ART OF FIRE FIGHTING TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF WHEELER COUNTY, TX.
- $12,391 spent. ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS: ACQUIRE, OPERATE, MAINTAIN AND TRAIN IN THE ART OF FIRE FIGHTING TO PRETECT LIFE AND PROPERTY IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS OF WHEELER COUNTY, TX.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1983.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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