Lake County Fire Chiefs Association Inc

Analysis

Lake County Fire Chiefs Association Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Munster, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1994, 32 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, Lake County Fire Chiefs Association Inc reported income of $71k and spending of $51k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $134k to $71k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Lake County Fire Chiefs Association Inc sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 28th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shippingport Vol Fire Co ($71k), Phelps Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($71k) and Stemley Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($71k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 71% and program service revenue 29% of the total. At year end it held assets of $145k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $145k.