Lewes Fire Department Incorporated

Analysis

Lewes Fire Department Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Lewes, DE. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 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, Lewes Fire Department Incorporated reported income of $4.8m and spending of $4.1m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.8m to $4.8m (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 84% 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, Lewes Fire Department Incorporated sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within DE. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rogue Food Unites ($4.7m), Foundation for Louisiana ($4.8m) and Honey Creek Township Volunteer Firefighters Inc ($4.7m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% and program service revenue 28% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $2.0m. At year end it held assets of $13.1m against liabilities of $2.4m, net assets of $10.7m. It reported 40 employees.