Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department I NC

Analysis

Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department I NC is a registered charity in United States, based in Dunkirk, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2026. 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 2020, Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department I NC reported income of $479k and spending of $180k, leaving 62% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2020, income grew from $180k to $479k (+166%), an average of +166% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 166%. 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, Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department I NC sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Black Hawk Volunteer Fire Department ($478k), Red Lightning ($479k) and Crabbs Prairie Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($478k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2020, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.8m against liabilities of $796k, net assets of $3.0m.