Winchell Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Winchell Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Brookesmith, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2013, 13 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, Winchell Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $449k and spending of $121k, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $169k to $449k (+166%), an average of +166% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 166%. Over the whole period it spent 36% 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, Winchell Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wilderness Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($449k), Lodi Volunteer Ambulance Rescue Squad Inc ($449k) and Monroeton Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($449k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 1.4% of the total. At year end it held assets of $623k against liabilities of $26k, net assets of $598k.