Baxter Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Baxter Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Baxter, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2005, 21 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Baxter Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $183k and spending of $153k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $101k to $183k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 80% 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, Baxter Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Paradise Leaman Place Fire Co ($183k), Oakland Volunteer Fire Company ($183k) and Rennert Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($183k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $620k against liabilities of $508k, net assets of $112k.