Grasshopper Valley Volunteer Fire Company

Analysis

Grasshopper Valley Volunteer Fire Company is a registered charity in United States, based in Polaris, MT. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2000, 26 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, Grasshopper Valley Volunteer Fire Company reported income of $52k and spending of $79k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $81k to $52k (-36%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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, Grasshopper Valley Volunteer Fire Company sits at the 19th percentile: it is larger than about 19% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 20th percentile, and in the 17th percentile within MT. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wsfca Foundation Inc ($52k), Clinton TWP Volunteer Rescue and Fire Dept ($52k) and Eliasville Rural Volunteer Fire Department ($52k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 52% and program service revenue 17% of the total. At year end it held assets of $317k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $317k.