Lennox Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Lennox Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Lennox, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2019, 7 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 December 2023, Lennox Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $166k and spending of $79k, leaving 52% of income unspent that year. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $132k to $166k (+26%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 50% 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, Lennox Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 46th percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company Inc ($166k), Westport Volunteer Fire Depatrment Inc ($166k) and White Bluff Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($166k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 76% of the total. At year end it held assets of $581k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $581k.