Auslins Chapel Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Auslins Chapel Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Wedowee, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 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, Auslins Chapel Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $56k and spending of $63k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $40k to $56k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 645%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Auslins Chapel Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 20th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chatham Volunteer Firemens Association ($55k), Crawford County Firemens Search and Recovery Scuba Team Inc ($56k) and Vanderpool Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($55k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $208k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $208k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.