Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department

Analysis

Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Gretna, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 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 December 2023, Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department reported income of $807k and spending of $277k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $422k to $807k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 256%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Gretna Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hamlin Fire & Rescue Co Inc ($804k), Twin Valley Fire Dept ($807k) and Jackson TWP Vol Fire Company ($803k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.6m.