Bunners Ridge Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Bunners Ridge Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Fairmont, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2013, 13 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, Bunners Ridge Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $265k and spending of $169k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $90k to $265k (+193%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, Bunners Ridge Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bell County Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($265k), Slanesville Volunteer Fire and Rescue Company Inc ($265k) and Flathead County Sheriffs Posse Inc ($265k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $211k, net assets of $1.1m.