Doss Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Doss Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Doss, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 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 September 2023, Doss Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $457k and spending of $395k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $94k to $457k (+384%), an average of +48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 1056%. Over the whole period it spent 41% 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, Doss Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rocky Ridge Volunteer Fire Company ($456k), Upper Arkansas Valley Wildfire Foundation ($457k) and Sanborn Fire Co Inc ($456k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 79% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $2.6m.