Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated

Analysis

Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Burke, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1999, 27 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, Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated reported income of $372k and spending of $318k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $366k to $372k (+1.7%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Burke Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Incorporated sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marlinton Vol Fire Dept ($372k), Sassamansville Fire Co 1 ($373k) and Rocksprings Edwards County Volunteer Fire Department ($372k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $5.3m against liabilities of $676k, net assets of $4.7m.