Ada Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Ada Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Elkhart Lake, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 2026. 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, Ada Fire Department Inc reported income of $126k and spending of $75k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $242k to $126k (-48%), an average of -28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 73% 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, Ada Fire Department Inc sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 42nd percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middle Island Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($126k), Victory Fire Department Inc ($126k) and Greater Baytown-Chambers County Lepc ($126k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% of the total. At year end it held assets of $267k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $267k.