Ellamore Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Ellamore Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Ellamore, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1999, 27 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, Ellamore Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $125k and spending of $127k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $89k to $125k (+39%), an average of +8.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 115% 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, Ellamore Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amboy Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($125k), South Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department ($125k) and West Colesville Fire Company Inc ($124k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. At year end it held assets of $347k against liabilities of $255k, net assets of $91k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.