Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department No 1

Analysis

Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department No 1 is a registered charity in United States, based in Blountville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1986, 40 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 July 2022, Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department No 1 reported income of $236k and spending of $217k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from July 2020 to July 2022, income grew from $215k to $236k (+9.7%), an average of +4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to July 2021, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department No 1 sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Claridge Volunteer Fire Department and Relief Association ($236k), Conestoga Volunteer Fire Co ($236k) and Albion Volunteer Fire Department ($236k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending July 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $633k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $633k.