English Fire Department Inc

Analysis

English Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in English, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1989, 37 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, English Fire Department Inc reported income of $160k and spending of $196k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $212k to $160k (-24%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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, English Fire Department Inc sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile, and in the 47th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Unicoi Volunteer Fire Department Incorporated ($160k), Hastings Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($160k) and Lightstreet Community Fire Company ($160k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 1.1% and program service revenue 86% of the total. At year end it held assets of $295k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $295k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.