Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Seneca, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2012, 14 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $264k and spending of $266k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $318k to $264k (-17%), an average of -4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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, Corinth-Shiloh Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silver Cliff Rescue Squad Inc ($264k), Clackamas Fire and Emergency Medical Foundation ($264k) and Glen Moore Fire Co No 1 ($264k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4,753. It paid $8,934 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $267k, net assets of $898k. It reported 1 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.