Potosi Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Potosi Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Abilene, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2007, 19 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, Potosi Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $241k and spending of $251k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $191k to $241k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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, Potosi Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile, and in the 62nd percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bethany Volunteer Fire Department ($241k), North Hood County Volunteer Fire Department-First Responders ($241k) and Bakersville Volunteer Fire Co ($241k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 90% of the total. At year end it held assets of $475k against liabilities of $34k, net assets of $441k.