Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brilliant, OH. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1982, 44 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, Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $1.6m and spending of $723k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $515k to $1.6m (+206%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 66% 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, Brilliant Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within OH. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elverson Ems ($1.6m), Puppy Creek Fire Department Inc ($1.6m) and McKenzie County Ambulance Service ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.4% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $6,000 (0.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $345k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.4m.