Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Grottoes, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1996, 30 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, Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $438k and spending of $303k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $389k to $438k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 80th 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 Clarendon Fire Assn Inc ($437k), Reva Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Inc ($439k) and Hijas Del Campo ($437k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.2m.