McDowell County Fire Commission

Analysis

McDowell County Fire Commission is a registered charity in United States, based in Marion, NC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, McDowell County Fire Commission reported income of $1.3m and spending of $1.2m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.1m to $1.3m (+18%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 56% 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, McDowell County Fire Commission sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within NC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Johnsburg Emergency Squad Inc ($1.3m), Bexar County Esd 5 Fire and Rescue ($1.3m) and Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($1.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.1m.