Terrytown-Fifth District Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Terrytown-Fifth District Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Terrytown, LA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 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 June 2024, Terrytown-Fifth District Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $4.2m and spending of $4.3m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income fell from $5.5m to $4.2m (-23%), an average of -6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 100% 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, Terrytown-Fifth District Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 91st percentile within LA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peace Winds America ($4.2m), American Friends of Israel Emergency Aid Fund Inc ($4.3m) and Core Process Technologies ($4.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% and program service revenue 5.3% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $222k, net assets of $4.3m. It reported 48 employees.