Aberdeen Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Aberdeen Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Aberdeen, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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 June 2023, Aberdeen Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $2.3m and spending of $2.5m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.3m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2020, when income rose by 54%. 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, Aberdeen Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 86th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Minquas Fire Co 1 ($2.3m), Abingdon Fire Company ($2.3m) and Riceville Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($2.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 60% and program service revenue 39% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $609k. At year end it held assets of $15.6m against liabilities of $6.1m, net assets of $9.5m. It reported 26 employees.