G V W Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

G V W Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Graniteville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2015, 11 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 June 2024, G V W Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $762k and spending of $547k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2024, income grew from $502k to $762k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 67% 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, G V W Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Faucette Township Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($762k), Cresson Volunteer Fire Department ($762k) and Taunton Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($761k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.9% and program service revenue 90% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $46k. At year end it held assets of $2.7m against liabilities of $614k, net assets of $2.1m. It reported 14 employees.