South Ector County Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

South Ector County Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Odessa, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2013, 13 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, South Ector County Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $184k and spending of $100k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $153k to $184k (+20%), an average of +3.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 77% 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, South Ector County Volunteer Fire Department 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 56th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilbar Volunteer Fire Department C/O John S Norman ($184k), Milton Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($184k) and Kasota Fire Department Relief Association ($184k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $249k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $249k.