Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway Maryland Incorporated

Analysis

Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway Maryland Incorporated is a registered charity in United States, based in Hagerstown, MD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2026. 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending June 2023, Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway Maryland Incorporated reported income of $2.1m and spending of $1.9m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income grew from $1.6m to $2.1m (+32%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income rose by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 93% 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, Volunteer Fire Company of Halfway Maryland Incorporated sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within MD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include San Luis Obispo Community Fire Safe Council Inc ($2.1m), Lewisville Fire Department Inc ($2.1m) and Endeavor Emergency Squad Inc ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 36% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $30k (1.5% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $772k. At year end it held assets of $3.0m against liabilities of $1.2m, net assets of $1.8m. It reported 67 employees.