Blue Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc

Analysis

Blue Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ararat, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1997, 29 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, Blue Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc reported income of $94k and spending of $104k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $68k to $94k (+38%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Blue Ridge Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Indycog Inc ($94k), Berlin Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($94k) and Oak Grove Community Fire District ($94k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $265k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $265k.