Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Leesburg, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 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, Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $1.7m and spending of $1.5m, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $1.3m to $1.7m (+29%), an average of +6.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 346%. Over the whole period it spent 55% 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, Leesburg Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Puerto Rico Rises Corp ($1.7m), Odell Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.7m) and Woodfin Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% of the total. It paid $21k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $10.7m against liabilities of $706k, net assets of $10.0m.