Collins Chapel Community Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Collins Chapel Community Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Thorsby, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2020, 6 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, Collins Chapel Community Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $301k and spending of $203k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $86k to $301k (+249%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Collins Chapel Community Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile, and in the 63rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Safe Kids Utah ($301k), Alleghany County Rescue Squad Inc ($302k) and Slovan Volunteer Fire Deparment Inc ($301k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.7m against liabilities of $187k, net assets of $1.5m.