Powdersville Fire Department

Analysis

Powdersville Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Piedmont, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2003, 23 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, Powdersville Fire Department reported income of $153k and spending of $120k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $118k to $153k (+30%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Powdersville Fire Department sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 53rd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lilly Hill-Pentacost Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($153k), Cinnaminson Fire Co No 1 Inc ($153k) and South Bound Brook Fire Co No 1 ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. It paid $11k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $698k against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $671k.