Buckland Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Buckland Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Buckland, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2025. 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, Buckland Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $192k and spending of $116k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $147k to $192k (+31%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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, Buckland Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include New Danville Fire Co Inc ($192k), Penn Valley Fire Department Auxiliary ($192k) and Damascus Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($192k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 26% and program service revenue 36% of the total. At year end it held assets of $409k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $409k.