Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Dept Inc of Porter County

Analysis

Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Dept Inc of Porter County is a registered charity in United States, based in Chesterton, IN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2006, 20 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, Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Dept Inc of Porter County reported income of $627k and spending of $352k, leaving 44% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $324k to $627k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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, Liberty Township Volunteer Fire Dept Inc of Porter County sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile, and in the 74th percentile within IN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Orange County Disaster Rebuild ($627k), Quakertown Fire Co Inc ($628k) and Mountain Rescue Aspen Inc ($626k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 44% and program service revenue 49% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.6m against liabilities of $482k, net assets of $2.2m.