Lebanon Township Volunteer Fire Department

Analysis

Lebanon Township Volunteer Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Glen Gardner, NJ. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2000, 26 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, Lebanon Township Volunteer Fire Department reported income of $423k and spending of $553k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $265k to $423k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Lebanon Township Volunteer Fire Department sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 73rd percentile within NJ. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fort Ashby Volunteer Fire Co Inc ($423k), Northfield Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated ($423k) and Stancliff Hose Company ($423k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 38% and program service revenue 59% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $279k. At year end it held assets of $375k against liabilities of $71k, net assets of $304k. It reported 12 employees.