Frankford Township Fire Department

Analysis

Frankford Township Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Augusta, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2012, 14 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, Frankford Township Fire Department reported income of $473k and spending of $806k, spending 170% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $418k to $473k (+13%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 143%. Over the whole period it spent 75% 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, Frankford Township Fire Department sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile, and in the 74th percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bellevue Police Foundation ($473k), Huntington Manor Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($473k) and Flower Hill Rose Co No 1 ($473k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 55% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.9m against liabilities of $1.7m, net assets of $1.2m.