Buckhead Fire & Rescue Department

Analysis

Buckhead Fire & Rescue Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Bolton, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2005, 21 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, Buckhead Fire & Rescue Department reported income of $279k and spending of $247k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $210k to $279k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 109% 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, Buckhead Fire & Rescue Department sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bristol Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($279k), Tennessee Regional Safety Council Inc ($279k) and East Grand Lake Volunteer Fire Dept ($279k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 26% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $66k. At year end it held assets of $266k against liabilities of $28k, net assets of $238k. It reported 8 employees.