Townsend Area Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Townsend Area Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Townsend, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2022, 4 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, Townsend Area Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $246k and spending of $263k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $141k to $246k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Townsend Area Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ohio Valley Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($246k), Liberty Road Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($246k) and South Shore Volunteer Fire Distric ($246k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $672k against liabilities of $452k, net assets of $220k.