Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cottage Grove, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2000, 26 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, Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $162k and spending of $111k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $72k to $162k (+125%), an average of +125% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 125%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Cottage Grove Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redland Volunteer Fire Department ($162k), Hatcher Pass Avalanche Center Inc ($162k) and Middlesex Township Volunteer Fire Co ($162k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% and program service revenue 3.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $157k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $157k.