Cullowhee Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Cullowhee Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cullowhee, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 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, Cullowhee Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.4m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $529k to $1.5m (+178%), an average of +40% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 126%. 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, Cullowhee Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile, and in the 84th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brain Injury Association of Pennsylvania Inc ($1.5m), Back Mountain Regional Fire and Ems Inc ($1.5m) and Jarrettsville Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $401k. It paid $7,215 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $5.7m against liabilities of $4.2m, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 34 employees.