Beech Island Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Beech Island Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Beech Island, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Beech Island Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $422k and spending of $441k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $351k to $422k (+20%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Beech Island Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rebuilding Hope Inc ($422k), Lingohocken Fire Co ($422k) and Pulaski Tri County Fire Department Inc ($422k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.2% and program service revenue 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $36k. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $474k, net assets of $727k. It reported 12 employees.