Berlin Rural Fire Defense Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Berlin Rural Fire Defense Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Cullman, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 1981, 45 years ago. 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, Berlin Rural Fire Defense Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $359k and spending of $121k, leaving 66% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $337k to $359k (+6.4%), an average of +3.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 45% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Berlin Rural Fire Defense Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 67th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include There Is More Ministries Inc ($359k), Baltimore Heritage Incorporated ($359k) and Washington County Arts Council Inc ($359k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 92% and program service revenue 8.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $419k against liabilities of $342k, net assets of $78k.