South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Morristown, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2005, 21 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, South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $128k and spending of $84k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $85k to $128k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 73%. 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, South Hamblen County Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 44th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hometown Fire Company ($128k), Kern Fire Safe Council ($128k) and Findley Lake Volunteer Firemans Association ($128k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% of the total. At year end it held assets of $411k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $411k.