Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Blackstone, VA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1998, 28 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, Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $247k and spending of $225k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $58k to $247k (+321%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 110%. 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, Blackstone Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within VA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Washington State Firefighters Association Incorporated ($247k), Cochran Hose Company Inc ($247k) and Rowland Rural Fire Department Inc ($246k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $241k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $241k.