Marion Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Marion Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Marion, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1990, 36 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, Marion Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $187k and spending of $105k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $179k to $187k (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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, Marion Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 56th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wooster Township Fire and Rescue Association ($187k), Manitou Park Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($187k) and Chino Valley Fire Foundation Inc ($187k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $646k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $646k.