Silver Creek Fire Department Inc

Analysis

Silver Creek Fire Department Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Manitowoc, WI. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 1997, 29 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, Silver Creek Fire Department Inc reported income of $161k and spending of $214k, spending 133% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $116k to $161k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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, Silver Creek 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 48th percentile within WI. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($161k), Richfield Ambulance League Inc ($161k) and South Lee County Volunteer Fire Department Inc ($161k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 3.3% and program service revenue 73% of the total. At year end it held assets of $616k against liabilities of $311k, net assets of $305k.