Whitesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Whitesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Summerville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 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, Whitesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $5.3m and spending of $3.8m, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $5.3m (+219%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 115%. Over the whole period it spent 81% 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, Whitesville Rural Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 94th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Habitable ($5.2m), Hatzolah Emergency Medical Services Inc ($5.3m) and Do No Harm ($5.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% and program service revenue 61% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $9.5m against liabilities of $6.8m, net assets of $2.6m.