Smithburg Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Smithburg Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Smithburg, WV. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2017, 9 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, Smithburg Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $193k and spending of $178k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $225k to $193k (-14%), an average of -7.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 101% 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, Smithburg Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile, and in the 51st percentile within WV. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marin County Sheriffs Office Search & Rescue Unit ($193k), Mortons Corners Volunteer Fire Department ($193k) and Glen Aubrey Fire Company Inc C/O William Crane ($193k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $23k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $23k.