Hartley Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Hartley Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Hartley, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1995, 31 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, Hartley Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $537k and spending of $516k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $129k to $537k (+317%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 270%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Hartley Volunteer Fire Department 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 The National Organization of Forensic Social Work ($537k), South Orange Rescue Squad Inc ($538k) and Woodstock Fire Protection Association Inc ($536k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% and program service revenue 7.1% of the total. At year end it held assets of $143k against liabilities of $14k, net assets of $129k.