Emory Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Emory Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Emory, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Emory Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $243k and spending of $267k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $100k to $243k (+144%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Emory Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Corinth Rural Fire Board Inc ($243k), Ligoner Volunteer Hose Co 1 ($244k) and Cumberland Fire District ($243k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $345k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $345k.