Union Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Union Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wheeler, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2003, 23 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, Union Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $420k and spending of $563k, spending 134% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $296k to $420k (+42%), an average of +7.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 109%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Union Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Warriors Mark-Franklin Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($419k), Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department ($420k) and Elma Fire Company ($419k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.8% and program service revenue 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $674k, net assets of $633k.