Rio Vista Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Rio Vista Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Rio Vista, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1998, 28 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 2022, Rio Vista Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $248k and spending of $204k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $155k to $248k (+60%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Rio Vista Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center Volunteer Fire Department ($248k), Moffat Volunteer Fire Department ($248k) and Dillwyn Volunteer Fire Department ($248k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $799k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $799k.