Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Co Inc

Analysis

Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fort Ashby, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2026. 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 2022, Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Co Inc reported income of $423k and spending of $313k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $269k to $423k (+57%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Co Inc sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stancliff Hose Company ($423k), Lebanon Township Volunteer Fire Department ($423k) and Little River Fire Dept Inc ($423k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $44k. At year end it held assets of $661k against liabilities of $1,411, net assets of $659k. It reported 7 employees.