Bath-Highland County Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Bath-Highland County Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Williamsville, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 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, Bath-Highland County Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $117k and spending of $83k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $93k to $117k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Bath-Highland County Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 40th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Duane Volunteer Fire Company ($117k), Maxwell Firefighters Association ($117k) and Morgans Corner Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($117k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $575k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $575k.