Tarpley Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Tarpley Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Tarpley, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 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, Tarpley Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $84k and spending of $89k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $215k to $84k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, Tarpley Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile, and in the 34th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amateur Radio Safety Foundation Inc ($84k), Leonardo First Aid Squad Inc ($84k) and Harriman Engine Co No 1 Inc ($84k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 42% of the total. At year end it held assets of $816k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $816k.