Stanley Volunteer Rural Fire Association

Analysis

Stanley Volunteer Rural Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Stanley, ND. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2011, 15 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, Stanley Volunteer Rural Fire Association reported income of $540k and spending of $214k, leaving 60% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $208k to $540k (+160%), an average of +27% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Stanley Volunteer Rural Fire Association sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 68th percentile within ND. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Co ($538k), Beach Haven Volunteer Fire Co ($541k) and Fire Industry Education and Research Organization Inc ($538k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.0m.