Ottine Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Ottine Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Gonzales, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2023, 3 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, Ottine Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $115k and spending of $68k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from $61k to $115k (+90%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 90%. 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, Ottine Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile, and in the 44th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Aurora Volunteer Fire Department ($115k), Port Trevorton Fire Company ($115k) and John Robert Walker Memorial Oakland First Aid Squad Inc ($115k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 94% of the total. At year end it held assets of $343k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $343k.