Mountain Park Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Mountain Park Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in State Road, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2011, 15 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 June 2024, Mountain Park Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $182k and spending of $176k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $134k to $182k (+36%), an average of +7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Mountain Park Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 49th percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minetto Volunteer Fire Corporation ($182k), Lebanon Valley Protective Association Inc ($182k) and Catons Chapel Richardson Cove Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($182k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 85% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1,475 (0.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $2.4m against liabilities of $361k, net assets of $2.1m.