Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Wise, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1981, 45 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, Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $225k and spending of $232k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $104k to $225k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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, Hawtree Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Linville Volunteer Fire Department Capital Fund Inc ($224k), Milton Voluntary Fire Department Inc ($225k) and Ironside Volunteer Rescue Squad Inc ($224k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 87% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $13k. At year end it held assets of $539k against liabilities of $305k, net assets of $235k. It reported 4 employees.