Greater Springfield Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Greater Springfield Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Springfield, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2022, 4 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 September 2023, Greater Springfield Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $583k and spending of $602k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $366k to $583k (+59%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 140%. Over the whole period it spent 116% 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, Greater Springfield Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Enola Fire Company No 3 ($583k), Oak Hill Fire and Rescue Protection Association Inc ($583k) and Lower Macungle Fire Department ($582k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 48% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $708k, net assets of $1.4m.