Darlington Fire Department

Analysis

Darlington Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Darlington, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2014, 12 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending February 2024, Darlington Fire Department reported income of $169k and spending of $131k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2020 to February 2024, income grew from $62k to $169k (+171%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 349%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Darlington Fire Department sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile, and in the 49th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crisfield Fire Department Incorporated ($169k), Fulbright & Jaworski Foundation ($169k) and Tennessee Public Safety Network ($169k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending February 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $422k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $422k.