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Beech Island Volunteer Fire Dept

Tax-deductible

Beech Island, SC501(c)(3)Public Safety & Disaster EIN 23-7323004Revenue $602K in FY2025Latest return filed Feb 7, 2026

On file with the IRS1565 Sand Bar Ferry Rd, 29842-5570 · Beech Island, SCTax-exempt since Jul 2011Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Volunteer Fire deparment & services

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 38 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $38K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Concern: 0.4 months of spending in cash; under 2 weeks.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$872K
46% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 46% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$602K
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$479K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$1.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$602K
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$410K
FY2021$405K
FY2022$443K
FY2023$422K
FY2024$557K
FY2025$602K
Expenses
$479K
FY2025▲ +25%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$490K
FY2021$405K
FY2022$412K
FY2023$441K
FY2024$384K
FY2025$479K
Net assets
$1.0M
FY2025▲ +14%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$715K
FY2021$715K
FY2022$746K
FY2023$727K
FY2024$900K
FY2025$1.0M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending September 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

990 PDF Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2011.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $434K Management & general 9% · $45K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Leon Henderson
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Jared Hanson
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Scott Weymouth
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Carol Albion
Secretary-Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ralph Craven
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Trevor Haffly
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides emergency response and fire suppression services to the community.

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1 program · $434K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Responded to fire calls and other emergency situations in the community of beech island, south carolina to include rapid response to hurricane helena at the end of the tax year.

$434Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$602K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$523K
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19K
Money outPt IX
$479K
Ln 25
Programscol B$434K
Managementcol C$45K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$15K
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$872K
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$19K
Government grantsLn 1e$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$523K
Investment incomeLn 3$60K
Other incomeLn 4–11$567
Total revenueLn 12$602K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$8K
SavingsLn 2$7K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$15K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$872K
Net assetsLn 32$1.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 638
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$212K$15K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.0M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$1.3M$1.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$357K$872K
Net assetsLn 32$900K$1.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$26K$26K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$34K$34K
Payroll taxesLn 10$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$4K$4K$550
Advertising and promotionLn 12$4K$3K$882
Office expensesLn 13$9K$7K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$3K$2K$613
OccupancyLn 16$40K$30K$10K
TravelLn 17$229K$229K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$110K$83K$27K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$19K$14K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$479K$434K$45K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Feb 7, 2026 $602K$479K$123K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Feb 16, 2025 $557K$384K$173K$900K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 1, 2024 $422K$441K−$19K$727K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Feb 17, 2023 $443K$412K$31K$746K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 15, 2022 $405K$405K$328$715K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Oct 21, 2021 $410K$490K−$79K$715K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $602,321 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $91,212$19,383
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $457,207$522,723
I-10 Investment income$59,648
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $8,429$567
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $556,848$602,321
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $98,678$62,398
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $285,059$416,699
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $383,737$479,097
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $173,111$123,224
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 4 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $602,321 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$19,050
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$333
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$19,383
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $522,723$522,723
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $59,648$59,648
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $567$567
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $582,938 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$602,321
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $479,097 across 11 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $25,980$25,980
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,431$34,431
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,987$1,987
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $3,522 · Management $550$4,072
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $2,736 · Management $882$3,618
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $6,872 · Management $2,217$9,089
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,900 · Management $613$2,513
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,985 · Management $9,673$39,658
IX-17 TravelPrograms $228,889$228,889
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $83,406 · Management $26,905$110,311
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,039 · Management $4,510$18,549
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $433,747 · Management $45,350 · Fundraising $0$479,097
Part X · Balance sheet $1,894,840 assets, 9 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $5,041$7,530
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $206,578$6,998
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,045,448$1,880,312
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,257,067$1,894,840
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $526$980
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $357,011$871,560
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $900,056$1,023,280
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $900,056$1,023,280
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,257,067$1,894,840
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,023,280 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$602,321
XI-2 Total expenses$479,097
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$123,224
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$900,056
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,023,280

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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