Kempner Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Kempner Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Kempner, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 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 December 2023, Kempner Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $127k and spending of $98k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $140k to $127k (-9.1%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 69% 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, Kempner Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 46th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orchard Volunteer Fire Department ($127k), Kirby Diaster Relief Fund ($127k) and Mountain View Public Safety Foundation ($127k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $666k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $666k.