Celeste Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Celeste Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Celeste, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2003, 23 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, Celeste Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $94k and spending of $93k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $259k to $94k (-64%), an average of -40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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, Celeste Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Fire Company of Frystown Pennsylvania ($94k), Virginia Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association Inc ($94k) and Brumley Gap Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. At year end it held assets of $367k against liabilities of $76k, net assets of $291k.