Elsanor Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Elsanor Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Robertsdale, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2010, 16 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 September 2023, Elsanor Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $293k and spending of $263k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $195k to $293k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Elsanor Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include View Volunteer Fire Dept ($292k), Weber City Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($293k) and One Goat Incorporated ($292k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $604k against liabilities of $925k, net assets of -$322k.