Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in New Orleans, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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 2022, Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $59k and spending of $76k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $74k to $59k (-20%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 23rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department ($59k), Volunteer Firemens Association of Minster Jackson Township Inc ($59k) and California Surf Lifesaving Association ($59k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $654k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $654k.