Pickens Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Pickens Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Pickens, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 (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, Pickens Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $130k and spending of $102k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $107k to $130k (+21%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Pickens Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 41st percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bayview Volunteer Fire Company of Galloway Township No 4 ($130k), Fork Ridge Community Volunteer Fire Department ($131k) and Levittown Fire Department ($130k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $376k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $376k.