Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Wharncliffe, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1986, 40 years ago. 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, Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $77k and spending of $59k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $64k to $77k (+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 76% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Wharncliffe Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nami Charlotte ($77k), PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc ($77k) and Mt Hood Ski Patrol ($77k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $166k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $166k.