Avawam Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc

Analysis

Avawam Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Avawam, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 December 2023, Avawam Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc reported income of $93k and spending of $85k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $107k to $93k (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Avawam Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Association of Water Rescue Professionals Inc ($93k), Minocqua Gun Club Inc ($93k) and Livingston Fire Department Inc ($93k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 31% of the total. At year end it held assets of $586k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $586k.