Hessmer Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Hessmer Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hessmer, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2012, 14 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, Hessmer Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $135k and spending of $168k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $111k to $135k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Hessmer Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hotzone ($135k), Southwest Virginia Partnership Inc ($135k) and Scenic Loop Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($134k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4,620. At year end it held assets of $571k against liabilities of $201k, net assets of $370k. It reported 2 employees.