Charley Rouss Fire Company Endowment Fund

Analysis

Charley Rouss Fire Company Endowment Fund is a registered charity in United States, based in Winchester, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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 supporting organisation (type ii) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Charley Rouss Fire Company Endowment Fund reported income of $133k and spending of $72k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $31k to $133k (+323%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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, Charley Rouss Fire Company Endowment Fund sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 44th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wheatfield Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($133k), Blackdog Fire Association ($133k) and Reno Volunteer Fire Department ($133k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 56% of the total. At year end it held assets of $171k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $171k.