Halifax Fire Department

Analysis

Halifax Fire Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Halifax, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2017, 9 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Halifax Fire Department reported income of $227k and spending of $190k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $187k to $227k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 45%. 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, Halifax 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 56th percentile, and in the 54th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Smithtown Fire Department Inc ($227k), Associated Industries of South Carolina Foundation Inc ($227k) and West Fort Ann Volunteer Firecompany Inc ($227k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 66% and program service revenue 34% of the total. At year end it held assets of $635k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $635k.