Buffalo Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Buffalo Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Amherstdale, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 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, Buffalo Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $201k and spending of $121k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $157k to $201k (+28%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Buffalo Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Strasburg Fire Department Incorporated ($201k), Greenfield TWP Vol Fire Co ($201k) and Wellman Volunteer Fire Department ($201k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $366k against liabilities of $69k, net assets of $296k.