Girdletree Volunteer Fire Co Inc

Analysis

Girdletree Volunteer Fire Co Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Girdletree, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2007, 19 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, Girdletree Volunteer Fire Co Inc reported income of $550k and spending of $497k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $430k to $550k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Girdletree Volunteer Fire Co Inc sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 71st percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Willamette Valley First Responder Chaplains ($550k), Smithfield Eaton Volunteer Ambulance Corp ($550k) and Wakefield Ambulance Association ($550k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $65k. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $1.5m. It reported 14 employees.