Dover Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Dover Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dover, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 (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, Dover Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $210k and spending of $163k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $157k to $210k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Dover Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Providence Community Fire Department Inc ($210k), Yanceyville Road Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($210k) and Georgia Conference Incorporated ($210k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 88% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $88k, net assets of $982k.