Bell County Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Bell County Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Pineville, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1980, 46 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 June 2023, Bell County Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $265k and spending of $343k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $243k to $265k (+8.8%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 3016%. Over the whole period it spent 147% 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, Bell County Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flathead County Sheriffs Posse Inc ($265k), Bunners Ridge Volunteer Fire Dept ($265k) and Wiley Ford Vol Fire Co Inc ($264k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.7% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.2m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.2m.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.