Northwest Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept

Analysis

Northwest Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Greenwood, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1978, 48 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, Northwest Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept reported income of $126k and spending of $101k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $121k to $126k (+4.0%), an average of +1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 128% 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, Northwest Volunteer Fire and Rescue Dept sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cyclists 4 Community ($126k), Citizens Fire Company 1 Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association ($126k) and Sandycreek TWP Fire Dept ($126k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% of the total. At year end it held assets of $575k against liabilities of $270k, net assets of $306k.