Clifton Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Clifton Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Clifton, AZ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 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, Clifton Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $95k and spending of $89k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $99k to $95k (-4.1%), an average of -1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 134%. Over the whole period it spent 39% 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, Clifton Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 33rd percentile within AZ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Employee Support Fund ($95k), Lamar Township Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($95k) and South Pacific County Technical Rescue ($95k).

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 $670k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $670k.