Hext Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Hext Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Hext, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2011, 15 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, Hext Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $52k and spending of $53k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $35k to $52k (+50%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 79% 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, Hext Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 21st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lovetown Volunteer Fire Department ($52k), Ground Operations Development Inc ($52k) and Reliance Fire Company of Woodstown and Pilesgrove Township ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $353k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $353k.