Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cat Spring, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $143k and spending of $166k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $91k to $143k (+58%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 185%. Over the whole period it spent 61% 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, Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bowlus Volunteer Fire Department ($143k), The Oceanville Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($143k) and Longwood Firemens Relief Association ($143k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 56% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $262k, net assets of $1.5m.