Pierre Rural Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Pierre Rural Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Pierre, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2002, 24 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Pierre Rural Fire Department Inc reported income of $106k and spending of $75k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $199k to $106k (-47%), an average of -46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 54% 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, Pierre Rural Fire Department Inc sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cooperstown Volunteer Fire Co ($106k), A Friend in Deed Inc ($106k) and Sharon Volunteer Fire Dept ($106k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $492k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $492k.