Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services Inc

Analysis

Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Jonestown, PA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2020, 6 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services Inc reported income of $434k and spending of $559k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $452k to $434k (-4.1%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 95% 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, Northern Lebanon Fire and Emergency Services Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile, and in the 66th percentile within PA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Libertytown Volunteer Fire Dept Inc ($433k), Dante Rescue Squad Inc ($434k) and Nechama-Jewish Disaster Response ($433k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 77% and program service revenue 3.7% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $18k. It paid $2,378 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.5m against liabilities of $2.3m, net assets of $1.3m.