Gray Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Gray Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Gray, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2026. 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 June 2024, Gray Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $269k and spending of $260k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2019 to June 2024, income grew from $222k to $269k (+21%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 60% 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, Gray Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Florida Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($269k), Beech Creek - Blanchard Volunteer Fire Company ($270k) and Risk Red ($269k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% and program service revenue 2.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $734k, net assets of $744k.