Brownsdale Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Brownsdale Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Brownsdale, MN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2006, 20 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, Brownsdale Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $189k and spending of $116k, leaving 39% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $171k to $189k (+10%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 65% 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, Brownsdale Volunteer Fire Department 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 51st percentile within MN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stacy-Lent Fire Relief Association ($188k), Burtonsville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($189k) and LA Motte Community Fire Departmentinc ($188k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% and program service revenue 25% of the total. At year end it held assets of $473k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $473k.