Lower Southampton Fire Department

Analysis

Lower Southampton Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Feasterville, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2001, 25 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, Lower Southampton Fire Department reported income of $329k and spending of $289k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $442k to $329k (-26%), an average of -7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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, Lower Southampton Fire Department sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 61st percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lake Gaston Volunteer Fire Dept ($329k), Ryan Township Fire Company ($329k) and Grape Creek Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($329k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 86% of the total. It paid $5,286 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.2m against liabilities of $975k, net assets of $2.2m.