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Wayside Volunteer Fire Department

Statesville, North Carolina · EIN 56-1241207 · Public Safety & Disaster · tax-exempt since 1989

D

Charity Clarity grade D (score 38.4 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended March 2024.

Graded against 8,372 public safety & disaster nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M 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.39.4 months38
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.48% of practices48
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.20
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.100% from one source12
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.98.9%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.1.1%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920202021202220232024grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Mar 2024Form 990$623K$453K$171K$1.48M39.416D
Mar 2023Form 990$513K$532K−$19K$1.31M29.616C
Mar 2022Form 990$509K$558K−$49K$1.33M28.716D
Mar 2021Form 990$691K$533K$158K$1.38M31.113D
Mar 2020Form 990$796K$469K$328K$1.22M31.413D
Mar 2019Form 990$455K$486K−$30K$896K22.116C
Mar 2018Form 990$443K$502K−$59K$927K22.116C
Mar 2017Form 990$408K$525K−$117K$986K22.518D
Mar 2016Form 990$513K$441K$72K$1.10M30.018D

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.

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