Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc

Analysis

Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ralston, NE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover medical research, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 June 2024, Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc reported income of $575k and spending of $554k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $407k to $575k (+41%), an average of +9.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ralston Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within NE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fighting Chance Inc ($575k), Suburban Hospital Healthcare System Inc ($575k) and Christian Rest Home Foundation ($574k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 11% and program service revenue 43% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $9,819 (1.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $80k. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $475k, net assets of $626k.