Cottontown Fire Association

Analysis

Cottontown Fire Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Cottontown, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Cottontown Fire Association reported income of $58k and spending of $30k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $72k to $58k (-19%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Cottontown Fire Association sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 21st percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Salem Ministerial Alliance ($58k), St Raphael Catholic Church St Vincent de Paul Conference ($58k) and Giddings Area Care Center ($58k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1 against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.