Shenandoah Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Shenandoah Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Shenandoah, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2004, 22 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Shenandoah Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $582k and spending of $197k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $202k to $582k (+188%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 113%. 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, Shenandoah Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volney Volunteer Fire Corporation ($582k), Lower Macungle Fire Department ($582k) and White Horse Fire Company ($581k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 15% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $328k, net assets of $3.1m.