Catlettsburg Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Catlettsburg Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Catlettsburg, KY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1995, 31 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Catlettsburg Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $57k and spending of $14k, leaving 75% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $16k to $57k (+248%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 57% 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, Catlettsburg Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 20th percentile within KY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Providence Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($57k), Heart of Pines Volunteer Fire Department ($57k) and River Oaks Volunteer Fire Dept ($57k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $115k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $115k.