Sardis Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Sardis Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Selma, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2000, 26 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, Sardis Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $72k and spending of $46k, leaving 36% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $48k to $72k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 29%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Sardis Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 27th percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Drowning Accident Rescue Team Inc ($72k), Whitefish Firefighters Association ($72k) and Lafourche Crossing Fire Company ($72k).

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 $186k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $186k.