Brocks Mill Rural Fire Department

Analysis

Brocks Mill Rural Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cheraw, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2002, 24 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, Brocks Mill Rural Fire Department reported income of $387k and spending of $402k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $87k to $387k (+343%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 272%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Brocks Mill Rural Fire Department sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Edgecombe Rural Fire Department ($387k), Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad ($387k) and Fairmont Firefighters Relief Association ($386k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $251k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $251k.