Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brandy Sta, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2009, 17 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, Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $785k and spending of $533k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $454k to $785k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Brandy Station Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 77th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Change the World Relieforganization Inc ($785k), Motorcycle Riding Centers Inc ($785k) and Southbury Volunteer Firemens Association ($784k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.7m against liabilities of $196k, net assets of $3.5m.