Sloan Community Fire and Ambulance Department

Analysis

Sloan Community Fire and Ambulance Department is a registered charity in United States, based in Sloan, IA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2001, 25 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, Sloan Community Fire and Ambulance Department reported income of $328k and spending of $143k, leaving 56% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $172k to $328k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 76% 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, Sloan Community Fire and Ambulance Department sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile, and in the 65th percentile within IA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Develop ($327k), Milford N J Fire Company Inc ($328k) and Fox Valley Healthcare Emergency Readiness Coalition Inc ($327k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 82% and program service revenue 18% of the total. At year end it held assets of $917k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $917k.