Waugh-Mt Meigs Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Waugh-Mt Meigs Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Montgomery, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 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, Waugh-Mt Meigs Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $405k and spending of $297k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income grew from $300k to $405k (+35%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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, Waugh-Mt Meigs Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sheldon Fire Department Inc ($405k), Cooper Landing Emergency Service Inc ($406k) and Murrysville Fire Company Number One ($405k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $53k. At year end it held assets of $469k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $469k. It reported 1 employees.