Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Brazoria, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2003, 23 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 September 2023, Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $184k and spending of $193k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income fell from $206k to $184k (-11%), an average of -2.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Brazoria Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 56th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Santa Barbara County Firefighter Benevolent Foundation ($184k), CRGC Educational Foundation Incorporated ($184k) and Disaster Resistant Business Toolkitworkgroup ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $842, net assets of $1.1m.