Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Belle Valley, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1982, 44 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $177k and spending of $76k, leaving 57% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $159k to $177k (+11%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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, Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 51st percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Keefeton Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($177k), Fellowsville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($177k) and Varick Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated ($177k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 7.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $576k against liabilities of $15k, net assets of $562k.