Advance Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Advance Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Advance, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1999, 27 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, Advance Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $131k and spending of $155k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $121k to $131k (+8.0%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Advance Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westminster Rural Fire Dept Inc ($131k), Fair Lawn Borough Volunteer Fire Company 3 Inc ($131k) and Hope Animal-Assisted Crisis Response ($131k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 18% and program service revenue 81% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $76k, net assets of $1.1m.