Giddings Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Giddings Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Giddings, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2005, 21 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, Giddings Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $208k and spending of $192k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $66k to $208k (+215%), an average of +33% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Giddings Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 59th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Huntingdon Valley Fire Co ($208k), Durants Neck Volunteer Fire Department ($209k) and Black Lick Volunteer Fire Company of Black Lick Pa ($208k).

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 $508k against liabilities of $61k, net assets of $447k.