Lester Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Lester Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Lester, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2021, 5 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, Lester Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $81k and spending of $49k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $63k to $81k (+29%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Lester Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 28th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fort Lee Fire Protective Association ($81k), Huxley Volunteer Fire Dept ($81k) and Westwood Fire Company Firemans Relief Fund ($81k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $53k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $53k.