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Dunkirk Volunteer Fire Department Inc

Dunkirk, Indiana · EIN 35-1757510 · Public Safety & Disaster · tax-exempt since 1996

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 66.4 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended December 2025.

Graded against 7,249 public safety & disaster nonprofits with revenue under $100K filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.12.0 months89
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.53
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.110% from one source5
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100

Scores compare this charity with its peer group; 100 is best. How Charity Clarity rates charities.

Year by year

201620172018202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Dec 2025Form 990$33K$29K$3,852$29K12.024C
Dec 2024Form 990$52K$34K$18K$25K9.025B
Dec 2023Form 990$35K$44K−$9,055$7,6792.125B
Dec 2022Form 990$36K$42K−$5,705$17K4.826A
Dec 2021Form 990$28K$33K−$4,743$22K8.126B
Dec 2020Form 990$33K$31K$1,081$27K10.425B
Dec 2018Form 990$8,127$31K−$22K$18K7.127C
Dec 2017Form 990$31K$29K$1,668$41K16.927C
Dec 2016Form 990$17K$61K−$44K$39K7.728C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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