Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Fresno, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2008, 18 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, Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $339k and spending of $182k, leaving 46% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $188k to $339k (+80%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 186%. Over the whole period it spent 43% 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, Huntington Lake Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cape Charles Volunteer Fire Co 1 Inc ($338k), Association of Memorial Stair Climbs ($339k) and Carmichaels & Cumberland Township Volunteer Fire Company ($338k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 73% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $12k. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $325, net assets of $2.9m. It reported 1 employees.