Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Whitt, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2014, 12 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 September 2024, Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $401k and spending of $396k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from September 2022 to September 2024, income grew from $211k to $401k (+90%), an average of +38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 102% 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, Adell-Whitt Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile, and in the 71st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cerro Gordo Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc ($401k), Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No 1 Inc of Lawrence ($402k) and Tinton Falls Emergency Medical Services Inc ($401k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2024, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $188k. At year end it held assets of $436k against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $411k. It reported 14 employees.