Shoal Creek Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Shoal Creek Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Ashville, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2011, 15 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Shoal Creek Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $123k and spending of $78k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $77k to $123k (+59%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Shoal Creek Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Eagles Mere Volunteer Fire Co ($123k), Scipio-Geneva Township Fire Department Inc ($123k) and Chesterhill Vol Fire Dept Inc ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $85k against liabilities of $41k, net assets of $45k.