Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team

Analysis

Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team is a registered charity in United States, based in Summerville, SC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2014, 12 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, Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team reported income of $66k and spending of $72k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income fell from $112k to $66k (-41%), an average of -41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 86% 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, Lowcountry Firefighter Support Team sits at the 25th percentile: it is larger than about 25% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 26th percentile, and in the 32nd percentile within SC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Farmington Volunteer Fire Company 4 ($66k), Riverside Emergency Services Association Incorporated ($66k) and Holmdel Fire and Rescue Company No 2 Inc ($66k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% of the total. At year end it held assets of $56k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $56k.