Hebron Volunteer Fire Dept Inc

Analysis

Hebron Volunteer Fire Dept Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Hebron, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2002, 24 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, Hebron Volunteer Fire Dept Inc reported income of $56k and spending of $238k, spending 424% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $505k to $56k (-89%), an average of -42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 114% 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, Hebron Volunteer Fire Dept Inc sits at the 20th percentile: it is larger than about 20% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 22nd percentile, and in the 19th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mulberry Canyon Volunteer Fire Department ($56k), Reeltown Community Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($56k) and Cologne Volunteer Fire Company ($56k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 34% and program service revenue 64% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $16k. At year end it held assets of $606k against liabilities of $69k, net assets of $537k. It reported 18 employees.

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.