South Fork Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

South Fork Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Brandywine, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2003, 23 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, South Fork Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $380k and spending of $196k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $160k to $380k (+137%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 67% 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, South Fork Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Frisco Fire Prevention Association Inc ($380k), Puyallup Extrication Team ($380k) and Oakdale Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($380k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.