Denton Volunteer Fire Company Inc

Analysis

Denton Volunteer Fire Company Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Denton, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 2023, Denton Volunteer Fire Company Inc reported income of $524k and spending of $488k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $508k to $524k (+3.3%), an average of +0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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, Denton Volunteer Fire Company Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Gaston Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($524k), American Suppressor Association Foundation Inc ($525k) and Rocky Run Fire Company ($524k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $588k, net assets of $1.4m.