Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2016, 10 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, Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $303k and spending of $209k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $240k to $303k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, Washington Bottom Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Tree Care Industry Association Foundation Inc ($303k), Three Oaks Emergency Vehicle Association ($303k) and Ellerslie Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($303k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $243k, net assets of $968k.