Upper King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Upper King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Newtown, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2009, 17 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, Upper King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $95k and spending of $189k, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2024, income grew from $73k to $95k (+30%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 127%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Upper King and Queen Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Newtown Underwater Search and Rescue ($95k), Dunbar Volunteer Fire Company 1 ($95k) and Pickwick Fire and Rescue ($95k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $478k against liabilities of $192k, net assets of $285k.