Cheriton Volunteer Fir Co Inc

Analysis

Cheriton Volunteer Fir Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Cheriton, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 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, Cheriton Volunteer Fir Co Inc reported income of $236k and spending of $189k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $186k to $236k (+27%), an average of +6.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 103% 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, Cheriton Volunteer Fir Co Inc sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 57th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Centerville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($236k), Southern Arizona Law Enforcement Foundation Inc ($236k) and Conestoga Volunteer Fire Co ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% of the total. At year end it held assets of $946k against liabilities of $442k, net assets of $504k.