Honey Creek Township Volunteer Firefighters Inc

Analysis

Honey Creek Township Volunteer Firefighters Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Terre Haute, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2025. 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, Honey Creek Township Volunteer Firefighters Inc reported income of $4.7m and spending of $5.1m, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $2.4m to $4.7m (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Honey Creek Township Volunteer Firefighters Inc sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hatzoloh Ems Inc ($4.6m), Rogue Food Unites ($4.7m) and Hurricane Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($4.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 57% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $96k (1.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.6m. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.6m. It reported 40 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.