Badin Lake Volunteer Fire Departme

Analysis

Badin Lake Volunteer Fire Departme is a registered charity in United States, based in Richfield, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2025. 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 2021, Badin Lake Volunteer Fire Departme reported income of $521k and spending of $553k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2021, income grew from $500k to $521k (+4.3%), an average of +2.1% a year. 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, Badin Lake Volunteer Fire Departme sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 70th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cumberland Disaster Recovery Coalition Inc ($521k), Cold Water Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($522k) and Friends of the Appleton Fire Department ($520k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2021, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $127k. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $619k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 6 employees.