Livingston Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Livingston Volunteer Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Livingston, TX. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 2022, Livingston Volunteer Fire Department Inc reported income of $185k and spending of $25k, leaving 87% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2022, income grew from $122k to $185k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 14% 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, Livingston Volunteer Fire Department Inc sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile, and in the 56th percentile within TX. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sky Philanthropy Inc ($184k), Wellersburg District Volunteer Fire Company ($185k) and Oxnard Firefighters Foundation Inc ($184k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2022, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $300k, net assets of $2.7m.