Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Falls Church, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2008, 18 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, Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $176k and spending of $164k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 6 years on record, from July 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $237k to $176k (-26%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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, Falls Church Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 50th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Firefighter Family & Training Initiative ($176k), Lincoln Volunteer Fire Department ($176k) and Pond Mountain Volunteer Fire and Rescue Inc ($176k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 75% and program service revenue 5.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $1,341, net assets of $2.4m.