South Hill Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

South Hill Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in South Hill, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 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, South Hill Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $512k and spending of $693k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $410k to $512k (+25%), an average of +5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 101%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, South Hill Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fame Fire Company No 3 of West Chester Pa ($512k), Wayside Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($513k) and Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Inc ($512k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% and program service revenue 3.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $31k.