Mountain Springs Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Mountain Springs Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cabot, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 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, Mountain Springs Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $71k and spending of $67k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $282k to $71k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 153%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Mountain Springs Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 26th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Soup Ladies ($71k), Montour Valley Firemens Relief Fund ($71k) and Community Alliance for Teen Safety ($71k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $0 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $0.