Purgatorie River Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Purgatorie River Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Trinidad, CO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2007, 19 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, Purgatorie River Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $1.1m and spending of $1.1m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $193k to $1.1m (+492%), an average of +56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 184%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Purgatorie River Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 79th percentile within CO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Richland Township Volunteer Firemans Association ($1.1m), W P Faist Volunteer Ambulance Corp ($1.1m) and Solvay Fire Department Inc ($1.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $796k (70% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $321k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $321k. It reported 10 employees.