Hartford Area Fire & Rescue Inc

Analysis

Hartford Area Fire & Rescue Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hartford, SD. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2011, 15 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, Hartford Area Fire & Rescue Inc reported income of $531k and spending of $367k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $385k to $531k (+38%), an average of +8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 83% 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, Hartford Area Fire & Rescue Inc sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile, and in the 71st percentile within SD. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Manchester Township Fire Department ($531k), Sharpsburg Fire Prevention Association Inc ($531k) and Boalsburg Fire Company ($531k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.0m against liabilities of $660k, net assets of $1.4m.