Fair Play Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Fair Play Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Fair Play, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2005, 21 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fair Play Fire Department Inc reported income of $71k and spending of $69k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $88k to $71k (-19%), an average of -7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 64% 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, Fair Play Fire Department Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 34th percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Phelps Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($71k), Mountain Grove Vol Fire Department ($71k) and Lake County Fire Chiefs Association Inc ($71k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $230k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $230k.