West Mecklenburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

West Mecklenburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Charlotte, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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, West Mecklenburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.3m, spending 95% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $892k to $1.3m (+50%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, West Mecklenburg Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chevra Hatzalah of Crown Heights Corp ($1.3m), Town of Batavia Fire Department Inc ($1.3m) and Keystone Valley Fire Department ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $729k. At year end it held assets of $1.6m against liabilities of $914k, net assets of $647k. It reported 38 employees.