Kaufman Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Kaufman Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Kaufman, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 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 2023, Kaufman Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $357k and spending of $349k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $258k to $357k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2020, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Kaufman Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 69th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Millingport Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($357k), Horicon Fire Department Inc ($357k) and Snohomish County Volunteer Search & Rescue Unit Inc ($357k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.1m against liabilities of $546k, net assets of $517k.