Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellenboro, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 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, Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $287k and spending of $247k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $214k to $287k (+34%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Ellenboro Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 59th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Evans Cross Road Voluntary Fire Department Inc ($287k), Foundation for Working Families ($287k) and Town of Westerlo Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($286k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $542k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 3 employees.