Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Houston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1954, 72 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $59k and spending of $23k, leaving 61% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $29.0m to $59k (-100%), an average of -79% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 5332%. Over the whole period it spent 105% 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, Cy-Fair Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 23rd percentile, and in the 24th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include California Surf Lifesaving Association ($59k), Fort Pike Volunteer Fire Dept ($59k) and Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council Inc ($59k).

At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $635, net assets of $2.0m.