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Mountain Valley Volunteer Fire & Re

Franklin, North Carolina · EIN 56-2004544 · Public Safety & Disaster · tax-exempt since 1997

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 53.2 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended January 2025.

Graded against 23,325 public safety & disaster nonprofits with revenue $100K–$500K 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.43.7 months30
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.74% of practices74
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.75
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.99.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

20172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jan 2025Form 990$195K$135K$60K$491K43.70C
Jan 2024Form 990$159K$100K$59K$431K51.60D
Jan 2023Form 990$203K$109K$94K$372K40.90D
Jan 2022Form 990$142K$104K$39K$278K32.10C
Jan 2021Form 990$144K$90K$54K$239K31.80C
Jan 2019Form 990$157K$116K$42K$75K7.80B
Jan 2018Form 990$169K$128K$40K$34K3.10C
Jan 2017Form 990$154K$141K$13K−$6,936-0.60D

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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