Northwest Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Northwest Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1994, 32 years ago. 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 2022, Northwest Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $7.7m and spending of $7.7m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $7.6m to $7.7m (+2.2%), an average of +0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Northwest Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile, and in the 96th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baart Community Healthcare ($7.7m), YWCA Evanston North Shore ($7.7m) and Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies ($7.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.7% and program service revenue 96% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $4.2m. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $339k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 72 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.