Ballplay Bend Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Ballplay Bend Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Gadsden, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Ballplay Bend Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $239k and spending of $215k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $178k to $239k (+34%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 364%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Ballplay Bend Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile, and in the 58th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Scott Township Hose Company ($239k), Logan Township United Fire Department ($239k) and Queens Borough Safety Patrol QBSP Inc ($239k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $264k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $264k.