Montana City Volunteer Fire Dept

Analysis

Montana City Volunteer Fire Dept is a registered charity in United States, based in Montana City, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1979, 47 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, Montana City Volunteer Fire Dept reported income of $365k and spending of $183k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $283k to $365k (+29%), an average of +6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 63% 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, Montana City Volunteer Fire Dept sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forbush Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($364k), Delta-Cardiff Volunteer Fire Company ($365k) and Aquadale Rural Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($364k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.3m against liabilities of $119k, net assets of $1.2m.