Shorterville Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Shorterville Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Shorterville, AL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2016, 10 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 September 2023, Shorterville Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $130k and spending of $106k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $66k to $130k (+97%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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, Shorterville Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within AL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hilton Fire Department Inc ($130k), Elsmere Fire Company a Inc ($130k) and Blue Knob Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($130k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 96% of the total. At year end it held assets of $516k against liabilities of $128k, net assets of $388k.