Effingham Retired Volunteer Fire Fighters Association

Analysis

Effingham Retired Volunteer Fire Fighters Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Effingham, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Effingham Retired Volunteer Fire Fighters Association reported income of $65k and spending of $13k, leaving 80% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $146k to $65k (-56%), an average of -56% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 22% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Effingham Retired Volunteer Fire Fighters Association sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dance Studio Showtime - Katusha ($65k), House of Palestine Inc ($65k) and North Hero Historical Society ($65k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 45% of the total. At year end it held assets of $347k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $347k.