Warminster Fire Department

Analysis

Warminster Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Warminster, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1991, 35 years ago. 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, Warminster Fire Department reported income of $388k and spending of $460k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $404k to $388k (-4.1%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Warminster Fire Department sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 64th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Susquehanna Chorale Inc ($388k), Carden Country School ($388k) and Volunteers of America Inc ($388k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 83% of the total. It paid $7,000 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $2.3m against liabilities of $183k, net assets of $2.2m.