Buies Creek Rural Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Buies Creek Rural Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Buies Creek, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1991, 35 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, Buies Creek Rural Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $1.5m and spending of $1.1m, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $952k to $1.5m (+56%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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, Buies Creek Rural Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 95th 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 Lake Norman Volunteer Fire Dept ($1.5m), MVW Relief Fund Inc ($1.5m) and Belvedere Volunteer Fire Co ($1.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $354k. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $844k, net assets of $2.4m. It reported 29 employees.