St John Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

St John Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint John, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2007, 19 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, St John Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $547k and spending of $84k, leaving 85% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $547k (+815%), an average of +815% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 815%. Over the whole period it spent 25% 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, St John Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Paper Company Employee Relief Fund ($546k), Leary Firefighters Foundation ($548k) and Caughdenoy Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($546k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. At year end it held assets of $625k against liabilities of $3,943, net assets of $621k.