Plaza Volunteer Fire & Life Saving & Rescue Squad Inc

Analysis

Plaza Volunteer Fire & Life Saving & Rescue Squad Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Virginia BCH, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1995, 31 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, Plaza Volunteer Fire & Life Saving & Rescue Squad Inc reported income of $272k and spending of $309k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $179k to $272k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Plaza Volunteer Fire & Life Saving & Rescue Squad Inc sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cranesville Fire Department ($272k), Barnegat Fire Co No 1 ($272k) and Albertson Volunteer Fire Department ($271k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. It paid $35k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $630k against liabilities of $111k, net assets of $519k.