Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hamlin, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 1990, 36 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 June 2023, Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $124k and spending of $146k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $118k to $124k (+4.9%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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, Hamlin Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Seaford Hook Ladder and Engine Company No 1 Inc ($123k), Reliance Fire Company ($124k) and New Deal Volunteer Fire Department ($123k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $353k against liabilities of $67k, net assets of $285k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.