St James Rural Fire Department

Analysis

St James Rural Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Saint James, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2005, 21 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2024, St James Rural Fire Department reported income of $54k and spending of $54k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2024, income fell from $55k to $54k (-1.0%), an average of -0.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, St James Rural Fire Department sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 21st percentile, and in the 19th percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Elmwood Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($54k), Lyndhurst Police Emergency Squad ($54k) and Turkey Heaven Volunteer Fire Department ($54k).

At year end it held assets of $623k against liabilities of $666k, net assets of -$43k.