Duck Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Duck Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Duck, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 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 June 2023, Duck Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $736k and spending of $709k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $361k to $736k (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 233%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Duck Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 76th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Woodstock Volunteer Fire Association Incorporated ($736k), Silverton Avalanche School ($736k) and Cove Creek Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($734k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $130k, net assets of $1.0m. It reported 4 employees.