Dewitt Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Dewitt Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Dewitt, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1991, 35 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 June 2024, Dewitt Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $188k and spending of $74k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $122k to $188k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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, Dewitt Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fairville Vol Fire Dept Inc ($188k), Sodexo Employee Disaster Relief Fund Inc ($188k) and Irvington Fire Company Inc ($188k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 57% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.