Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Marietta, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2007, 19 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, Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $185k and spending of $228k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $195k to $185k (-5.3%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 23%. 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, Whitehouse Volunteer Fire Department 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 50th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fire Department of Ocean Beach Inc ($185k), Boswell Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($185k) and Raccoon Township Independent Volunteer Fire Department No 1 ($185k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 39% and program service revenue 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $816k against liabilities of $437k, net assets of $380k.