Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Walker, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2002, 24 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, Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $244k and spending of $290k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $153k to $244k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 98% 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, Deerwalk Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Campbell County Rural Fire Services Inc ($244k), Community Through Colors ($244k) and Needville Fire Department ($244k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 6.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $652k against liabilities of $437k, net assets of $215k.