Chittenden Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Chittenden Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Chittenden, VT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2023, 3 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, Chittenden Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $120k and spending of $75k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $120k (-91%), an average of -91% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 9.4% 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, Chittenden Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within VT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Loudoun Medical Group Charitable Foundation ($119k), Spottsville Community Fire Department Inc ($120k) and Double Island Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($119k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.5% and program service revenue 63% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $101k, net assets of $1.7m.