Barton Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Barton Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Barton, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1979, 47 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, Barton Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $398k and spending of $308k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $279k to $398k (+43%), an average of +9.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Barton Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Millbrook Volunteer Firefighters Association and Fire Company Inc ($397k), Point Pleasant Fire Co 1 ($398k) and Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council ($397k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 53% and program service revenue 13% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $7,520, net assets of $2.3m.