Parker Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Parker Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Parker, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Parker Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $129k and spending of $76k, leaving 41% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $106k to $129k (+22%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 63% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Parker Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 39th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Vernon County Respite Care Inc ($129k), Osmosis Education Mentoring Initiative ($129k) and Miriams Heart Inc ($129k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 62% of the total. At year end it held assets of $268k against liabilities of $94k, net assets of $174k.