Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Martinsburg, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2020, 6 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, Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $118k and spending of $135k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income fell from $344k to $118k (-66%), an average of -30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Baker Heights Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 38th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cranford First Aid Squad Inc ($118k), Taos Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($118k) and Cass Clinton Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($118k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $665k against liabilities of $397k, net assets of $268k.