Bowling Green Rural Fire Association

Analysis

Bowling Green Rural Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Bowling Green, MO. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1997, 29 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 April 2024, Bowling Green Rural Fire Association reported income of $66k and spending of $34k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from April 2023 to April 2024, income fell from $70k to $66k (-6.6%), an average of -6.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 51% 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, Bowling Green Rural Fire Association sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within MO. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bluegrove Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($66k), Hawthorne Fire Co 3 Inc ($66k) and Export Volunteer Fire Department ($66k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending April 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $563k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $563k.