District Heights Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

District Heights Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in District Heights, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1991, 35 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, District Heights Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $96k and spending of $126k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $7,650 to $96k (+1149%), an average of +132% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 597%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, District Heights Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 37th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Surfside Beach Volunteer Fire Dept ($96k), 24st Seneca Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($96k) and Heiserville Volunteer Fire Company ($95k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $462k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $462k.