Mountain Grove Vol Fire Department

Analysis

Mountain Grove Vol Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Warm Springs, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 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, Mountain Grove Vol Fire Department reported income of $71k and spending of $139k, spending 196% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $273k to $71k (-74%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Mountain Grove Vol Fire Department sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fair Play Fire Department Inc ($71k), Harpswell Fire and Rescue Inc ($71k) and Phelps Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($71k).

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 $347k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $347k.