Hallettsville Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Hallettsville Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Hallettsville, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 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, Hallettsville Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $535k and spending of $277k, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $216k to $535k (+148%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 260%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Hallettsville Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 76th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include R3sm Inc ($534k), Town of Niagara Active Hose Co Inc ($536k) and Bolivia Volunteer Fire Department ($534k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 91% and program service revenue 8.3% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.3m.