Weston Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Weston Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Weston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2004, 22 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 2022, Weston Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $153k and spending of $235k, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2022, income grew from $91k to $153k (+68%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 91% 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, Weston Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile, and in the 51st percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Masontown Volunteer Fire Department ($153k), Howell Township Fire Company No 1 Inc ($153k) and Volunteer Firemans Relief Assn ($153k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 59% and program service revenue 39% of the total. At year end it held assets of $550k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $550k.