Rising Sun Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Rising Sun Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Rising Sun, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1992, 34 years ago. 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, Rising Sun Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $202k and spending of $189k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $182k to $202k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Rising Sun Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Library Enrichment Foundation of Thebrumback Library a Van Wert ($202k), Historical Society of Saratoga Springs ($202k) and East School Parent-Teacher Council C/O East School ($202k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 19% and program service revenue 66% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.5m.