Piney Creek Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Piney Creek Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Piney Creek, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2012, 14 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 June 2024, Piney Creek Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $280k and spending of $207k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $199k to $280k (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, Piney Creek Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Bend Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($280k), Hartfield Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($280k) and Prince Frederick Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($280k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $310k, net assets of $1.5m.