Lawrenceville Fire Department

Analysis

Lawrenceville Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrenceville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2006, 20 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 December 2023, Lawrenceville Fire Department reported income of $163k and spending of $263k, spending 162% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $1.4m to $163k (-88%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 53% 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, Lawrenceville Fire Department sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peoples Firehouse Inc ($163k), Garden City Fire Department Inc ($163k) and Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Company No 1 ($163k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 30% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.1m against liabilities of $0, net assets of $3.1m.