WV Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster

Analysis

WV Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster is a registered charity in United States, based in Belle, WV. 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 2023, WV Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster reported income of $3.3m and spending of $2.7m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $4.5m to $3.3m (-25%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, WV Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 90th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Delmar Fire Dept Inc - Del Corp Delmar Fire Co Inc - Maryland Corp ($3.3m), Humanity Forward Foundation ($3.4m) and Coastal Bend Regional Advisory Council on Trauma Service Area U ($3.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $135k (5.0% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $574k. At year end it held assets of $6.0m against liabilities of $694k, net assets of $5.3m. It reported 18 employees.