Washington Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc

Analysis

Washington Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 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, Washington Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc reported income of $443k and spending of $238k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $366k to $443k (+21%), an average of +4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Washington Volunteer Fire & Rescue Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 68th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Burnet Volunteer Fire Department ($442k), Orrs and Bailey Islands Fire Department ($443k) and Georgia Fire Fighters Burn Foundation Inc ($442k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 16% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.8m against liabilities of $43k, net assets of $1.7m.