Elk District Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Elk District Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Elk Garden, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2019, 7 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, Elk District Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $200k and spending of $151k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $130k to $200k (+54%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Elk District Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile, and in the 52nd percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($200k), Fairview Volunteer Fire Company ($201k) and Lincoln Borough Volunteer Fire Company ($200k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. At year end it held assets of $952k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $952k.