The Fork Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

The Fork Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Advance, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1989, 37 years ago. 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, The Fork Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $273k and spending of $157k, leaving 43% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $186k to $273k (+46%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, The Fork Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Plough Towers Fund Inc ($273k), Louise Van Meter Home & School Club Inc ($273k) and Ouray County Historical Society Inc ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $28k. At year end it held assets of $781k against liabilities of $1,211, net assets of $780k. It reported 6 employees.