Trafalgar Volunteer Firemen Inc

Analysis

Trafalgar Volunteer Firemen Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Trafalgar, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 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, Trafalgar Volunteer Firemen Inc reported income of $649k and spending of $575k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $319k to $649k (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 176%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Trafalgar Volunteer Firemen Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Yadkinville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($648k), Palm Beach First Responders Foundation Inc ($650k) and Town of Hancock Volunteer Ambulance Corps Inc ($647k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $279k. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $1,097, net assets of $2.0m. It reported 36 employees.