Ararat Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Ararat Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Ararat, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Ararat Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $184k and spending of $158k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from June 2022 to June 2023, income fell from $192k to $184k (-4.3%), an average of -4.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Ararat Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated 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 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Glen Dale Fire Association Inc ($183k), Worthington Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($184k) and Safety Team Inc ($183k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 74% of the total. At year end it held assets of $174k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $174k.