Earles Chapel Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Earles Chapel Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Jacksonville, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2012, 14 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, Earles Chapel Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $72k and spending of $74k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $244k to $72k (-71%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 70% 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, Earles Chapel Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faber Volunteer Fire Dept ($72k), Bartlett Volunteer Fire Association ($72k) and Fort McKavett Texas Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($72k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from program service revenue 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $461k against liabilities of $82k, net assets of $380k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.