Alpena Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Alpena Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Alpena, AR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 2001, 25 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, Alpena Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $65k and spending of $59k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $56k to $65k (+17%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Alpena Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 24th percentile: it is larger than about 24% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 24th percentile within AR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Topanga Coalition for Emergency Preparedness ($65k), Holmes Marshall Volunteer Fire Co ($65k) and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Retiree Association Inc ($65k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 61% of the total. At year end it held assets of $198k against liabilities of $51k, net assets of $146k.