Vienna Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Vienna Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Vienna, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 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, Vienna Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $638k and spending of $479k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $426k to $638k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 85% 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, Vienna Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Firefighters Inc ($638k), Chenango Ambulance Services Inc ($639k) and Happy Trails Riding Academy ($638k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 64% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $4.6m against liabilities of $349k, net assets of $4.3m.