Valley Springs Fire Association

Analysis

Valley Springs Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Valley SPGS, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 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, Valley Springs Fire Association reported income of $61k and spending of $44k, leaving 29% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $36k to $61k (+70%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 125% 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, Valley Springs Fire Association sits at the 23rd percentile: it is larger than about 22% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 24th percentile, and in the 22nd percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brockport Volunteer Firefighters Association Incorporated ($61k), The Voila Foundation Inc ($61k) and Rockaway Township Fire Department Association ($61k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 47% of the total. At year end it held assets of $436k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $436k.